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Monterey Bay

Miracle – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Miracle
Miracle Confirmed in the catalog @1440
Jun 29 – Dec 1, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Dec 2017

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
155

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 2017451 m14.5°C—
Jul 22, 2017222 m12.4°C—
Sep 17, 201798 m17.1°C—
Sep 23, 2017139 m16.1°C—
Oct 19, 201793 m13.6°C—
Nov 3, 2017252 m13.6°C—
Dec 1, 2017310 m14.7°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 29, 2017 — seafloor 451 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 29Jul 22, 2017 — seafloor 222 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 22Sep 17, 2017 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 17Sep 23, 2017 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 23Oct 19, 2017 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 19Nov 3, 2017 — seafloor 252 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Nov 3Dec 1, 2017 — seafloor 310 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Dec 1

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
155
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 · Dec 1, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
310 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
93 m – 451 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 17.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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