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Monterey Bay

Cantus – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Cantus
Cantus Confirmed in the catalog @14931
Nov 9 – 29, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov 2019

132 m
Deepest dive
4:38
Longest dive
37
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 9, 201964 m14.2°C52 m
Nov 26, 2019123 m13.7°C66 m
Nov 29, 2019567 m12.6°C132 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 9, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Nov 9Nov 26, 2019 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Nov 26Nov 29, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Nov 29

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

Dives

132 m
Deepest dive
4:38
Longest dive
37
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
20
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150132 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Nov 29, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 16.0 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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