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Monterey Bay

Slashdot – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Slashdot
Slashdot Confirmed in the catalog @1484
Oct 5 – Dec 15, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2017

57 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
10
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
71

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 5, 201796 m13.5°C57 m
Dec 15, 2017139 m14.2°C26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 5, 2017 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 5Dec 15, 2017 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Dec 15

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
10
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
71
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 5, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m – 139 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 15.0 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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