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Monterey Bay

Cooper – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Cooper
Cooper Confirmed in the catalog @14664
Apr 23 – Jun 14, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jun 2019

140 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
52

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 23, 201946 m12.5°C35 m
Apr 24, 2019180 m12.0°C140 m
Apr 24, 201986 m12.0°C76 m
Apr 25, 2019254 m12.7°C95 m
Apr 26, 201927 m12.6°C21 m
Jun 14, 2019114 m14.1°C71 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 23, 2019 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 24, 2019 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Apr 24Apr 24, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Apr 24Apr 25, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Apr 25Apr 26, 2019 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Apr 26Jun 14, 2019 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 14

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

Dives

140 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
88
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
52
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150140 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (180 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 · Apr 24, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
180 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 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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