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Monterey Bay

Slashdot – Residency

27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Slashdot
Slashdot Confirmed in the catalog @1484
Sep 11 – Nov 7, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Back to the Bay

These familiar waters still know exactly how to feed me.

204 m
Deepest dive
7:37
Longest dive
41
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
57

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 11, 2024352 m15.5°C204 m
Nov 7, 202444 m12.7°C35 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 11, 2024 — seafloor 352 m (measured), deepest dive 204 m (modelled)Sep 11Nov 7, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 7

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

Dives

204 m
Deepest dive
7:37
Longest dive
41
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
57
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250204 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (352 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 · Sep 11, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
352 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 352 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 15.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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