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Monterey Bay

Percent – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Percent
Percent Confirmed in the catalog @1497
Mar 30 – Nov 12, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Nov 2019

160 m
Deepest dive
6:17
Longest dive
341
Dives
Sightings
36
Days between first and last sighting
227

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 30, 201956 m13.6°C—
Apr 25, 2019254 m12.7°C—
Apr 28, 201979 m13.2°C—
May 4, 2019448 m14.2°C—
May 7, 2019443 m14.6°C—
Jul 19, 201968 m13.9°C—
Jul 19, 201958 m13.9°C—
Jul 20, 2019109 m14.0°C—
Jul 21, 2019148 m14.1°C—
Aug 3, 201980 m14.5°C—
Aug 4, 201959 m14.3°C—
Aug 5, 201954 m13.9°C—
Aug 11, 201973 m13.8°C57 m
Aug 13, 201964 m13.8°C59 m
Aug 16, 201961 m14.8°C44 m
Aug 17, 201981 m15.0°C47 m
Aug 25, 201995 m15.7°C66 m
Aug 26, 201979 m15.7°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 30, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 30Apr 25, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 28, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 4, 2019 — seafloor 448 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 7, 2019 — seafloor 443 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19Jul 20, 2019 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 3, 2019 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 11, 2019 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 13, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2019 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2019 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2019 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 15, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2019 — seafloor 387 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2019 — seafloor 387 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2019 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2019 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 30, 2019 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2019 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2019 — seafloor 432 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2019 — seafloor 440 m (measured), deepest dive 156 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 11, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2019 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2019 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Nov 7, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Nov 12, 2019 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
6:17
Longest dive
341
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
36
Sightings
227
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (179 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 · Sep 24, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
179 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 36 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 36 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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