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Monterey Bay

Miracle – Residency

87th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Miracle
Miracle Confirmed in the catalog @1440
Jun 13 – Nov 1, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2023

77 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
238
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
141

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 13, 202389 m14.9°C70 m
Jun 16, 202355 m15.2°C47 m
Jun 16, 202385 m15.2°C76 m
Jun 17, 202362 m15.5°C36 m
Jun 17, 202365 m15.5°C53 m
Jun 21, 2023109 m14.9°C48 m
Jun 26, 202398 m15.0°C64 m
Jun 26, 2023197 m14.6°C64 m
Jun 30, 202364 m13.4°C37 m
Jul 2, 2023368 m15.3°C43 m
Jul 2, 202363 m14.8°C27 m
Jul 23, 202362 m14.9°C50 m
Jul 24, 2023107 m15.4°C63 m
Aug 14, 202378 m15.8°C43 m
Aug 15, 2023572 m16.6°C55 m
Aug 17, 2023567 m17.1°C42 m
Oct 2, 2023122 m15.9°C77 m
Oct 6, 2023241 m16.9°C30 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 13, 2023 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 13Jun 16, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 368 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 14, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2023 — seafloor 572 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 6, 2023 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 1

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

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
238
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
141
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010077 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (122 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
122 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 572 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 17.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 21 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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