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Monterey Bay

Batman – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Batman
Batman Confirmed in the catalog @146
Sep 5 – Nov 22, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2015

212 m
Deepest dive
9:27
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
78

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 5, 2015254 m16.7°C107 m
Sep 6, 2015254 m16.2°C83 m
Sep 11, 2015254 m17.6°C55 m
Sep 12, 2015133 m17.0°C71 m
Nov 8, 2015254 m15.4°C106 m
Nov 22, 2015254 m14.5°C212 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 5, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 11, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 12, 2015 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 12Nov 8, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 22, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 212 m (modelled)Nov 22

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

Dives

212 m
Deepest dive
9:27
Longest dive
89
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
78
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250212 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 22, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
133 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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