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Monterey Bay

Cantus – Residency

63rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Cantus
Cantus Confirmed in the catalog @14931
Oct 30 – Dec 4, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2021

106 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
187
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 30, 2021229 m14.2°C45 m
Nov 8, 2021330 m14.8°C32 m
Nov 8, 202183 m14.8°C50 m
Nov 13, 202176 m15.0°C50 m
Nov 15, 2021190 m15.1°C56 m
Nov 20, 2021189 m14.0°C47 m
Nov 21, 202179 m13.9°C65 m
Nov 21, 202196 m14.3°C73 m
Nov 21, 202160 m13.9°C54 m
Nov 26, 2021127 m12.9°C81 m
Nov 27, 202174 m13.2°C41 m
Nov 28, 2021155 m13.6°C99 m
Nov 28, 202170 m13.7°C56 m
Dec 2, 2021114 m13.7°C82 m
Dec 2, 202172 m14.0°C44 m
Dec 3, 202163 m13.4°C45 m
Dec 4, 2021356 m13.2°C106 m
Dec 4, 2021402 m13.2°C37 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 30, 2021 — seafloor 229 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 30Nov 8, 2021 — seafloor 330 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 13, 2021 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 13Nov 15, 2021 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 26, 2021 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Nov 26Nov 27, 2021 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2021 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2021 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Nov 28Dec 2, 2021 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Dec 2, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Dec 3, 2021 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 356 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 402 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
187
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
35
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (356 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Dec 4, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
356 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 402 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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