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Monterey Bay

Ferd – Residency

45th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ferd
Ferd Confirmed in the catalog @1492
Oct 14 – 17, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2021

107 m
Deepest dive
3:46
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 14, 2021126 m13.0°C100 m
Oct 14, 2021197 m13.4°C107 m
Oct 17, 202193 m13.4°C41 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 14, 2021 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Oct 17

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
3:46
Longest dive
52
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150107 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (197 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 14, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
197 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
93 m – 197 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 13.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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