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Monterey Bay

Ferd – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ferd
Ferd Confirmed in the catalog @1492
May 28 – Jul 31, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Jul 2017

110 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 28, 2017210 m13.3°C100 m
Jun 9, 201748 m12.4°C40 m
Jun 26, 201757 m14.0°C35 m
Jun 28, 2017407 m14.3°C86 m
Jul 6, 2017375 m13.5°C110 m
Jul 9, 201785 m13.4°C45 m
Jul 16, 201754 m12.9°C35 m
Jul 21, 201763 m12.3°C53 m
Jul 26, 2017199 m13.8°C66 m
Jul 31, 2017112 m14.4°C45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 28, 2017 — seafloor 210 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)May 28Jun 9, 2017 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 9Jun 26, 2017 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 28, 2017 — seafloor 407 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 6, 2017 — seafloor 375 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 9, 2017 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 16, 2017 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 21, 2017 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 26, 2017 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 31, 2017 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
90
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
64
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (375 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 · Jul 6, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
375 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 407 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 14.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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