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Monterey Bay

Batman – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Batman
Batman Confirmed in the catalog @146
Jul 23 – Oct 28, 1999 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 1999

225 m
Deepest dive
9:35
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
97

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 23, 19992,149 m13.8°C74 m
Oct 19, 1999306 m14.3°C225 m
Oct 23, 19991,274 m14.1°C98 m
Oct 27, 1999141 m13.4°C66 m
Oct 28, 199971 m13.6°C58 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 23, 1999 — seafloor 2,149 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 23Oct 19, 1999 — seafloor 306 m (measured), deepest dive 225 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 23, 1999 — seafloor 1,274 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Oct 23Oct 27, 1999 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Oct 27Oct 28, 1999 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Oct 28

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

Dives

225 m
Deepest dive
9:35
Longest dive
98
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
97
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250225 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (306 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 · Oct 19, 1999

measured
Seafloor depth
306 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 2,149 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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