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Monterey Bay

Miracle – Residency

65th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Miracle
Miracle Confirmed in the catalog @1440
Jul 17 – Nov 21, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2021

159 m
Deepest dive
5:44
Longest dive
221
Dives
Sightings
23
Days between first and last sighting
127

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 2021117 m14.0°C54 m
Sep 19, 202172 m15.7°C55 m
Oct 7, 202150 m14.8°C40 m
Oct 8, 202121 m14.8°C19 m
Oct 8, 2021157 m14.7°C138 m
Oct 10, 2021567 m14.7°C40 m
Oct 19, 202123 m13.6°C15 m
Oct 19, 202131 m13.7°C23 m
Oct 30, 2021109 m14.4°C73 m
Oct 30, 2021609 m14.5°C17 m
Nov 4, 202176 m15.1°C33 m
Nov 8, 202117 m14.7°C12 m
Nov 10, 202125 m14.5°C14 m
Nov 11, 202176 m14.3°C66 m
Nov 13, 202136 m14.8°C30 m
Nov 14, 202160 m14.9°C44 m
Nov 14, 202172 m15.1°C45 m
Nov 14, 2021275 m15.3°C110 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 17, 2021 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 17Sep 19, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2021 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2021 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 10, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2021 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 30Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 609 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2021 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2021 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Nov 10, 2021 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Nov 10Nov 11, 2021 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Nov 13, 2021 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Nov 14Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 275 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Nov 17, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 159 m (modelled)Nov 18Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)

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

Dives

159 m
Deepest dive
5:44
Longest dive
221
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
23
Sightings
127
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200159 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Nov 18, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 23 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 609 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 23 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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