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Monterey Bay

Miracle – Residency

42nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Miracle
Miracle Confirmed in the catalog @1440
May 18 – Nov 15, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Nov 2019

173 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
99
Dives
Sightings
30
Days between first and last sighting
181
Deepest dive on record
173 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 2019106 m14.6°C—
Jun 23, 2019288 m15.0°C—
Jun 27, 2019197 m15.7°C—
Jul 7, 2019106 m13.7°C—
Jul 8, 201986 m13.3°C—
Jul 13, 201958 m12.7°C—
Jul 13, 2019543 m13.1°C—
Jul 14, 201959 m12.8°C—
Jul 18, 201956 m12.7°C—
Jul 18, 2019135 m12.9°C—
Jul 18, 2019114 m12.9°C—
Jul 19, 201926 m13.8°C—
Jul 21, 201998 m14.2°C—
Jul 23, 201963 m14.9°C—
Jul 25, 2019102 m15.2°C—
Jul 27, 2019102 m15.0°C—
Jul 29, 201966 m14.7°C—
Jul 30, 201968 m14.5°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 18, 2019 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 18Jun 23, 2019 — seafloor 288 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 27, 2019 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 7, 2019 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 8, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 13Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 543 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 23, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 25, 2019 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 27Jul 29, 2019 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 3, 2019 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4Aug 17, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2019 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2019 — seafloor 797 m (measured), deepest dive 173 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2019 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 24, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2019 — seafloor 413 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2019 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 15, 2019 — seafloor 534 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)

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

Dives

173 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
99
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
30
Sightings
181
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200173 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (797 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 24, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
797 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 30 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 797 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 30 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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