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Monterey Bay

Prime Suspect – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect Confirmed in the catalog @1437
Jul 19 – Oct 2, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2020

135 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
75

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 2020755 m—135 m
Oct 2, 2020122 m—44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 19, 2020 — seafloor 755 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Jul 19Oct 2, 2020 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 2

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

135 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
32
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
75
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150135 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (755 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 19, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
755 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
122 m – 755 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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