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Monterey Bay

Percent – Residency

80th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Percent
Percent Confirmed in the catalog @1497
Mar 2 – Nov 12, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Nov 2020

239 m
Deepest dive
5:51
Longest dive
469
Dives
Sightings
33
Days between first and last sighting
255
Deepest dive on record
239 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 2, 202091 m12.1°C66 m
Mar 8, 2020110 m12.7°C96 m
Mar 9, 2020308 m12.5°C239 m
Mar 16, 2020111 m12.8°C49 m
Jun 14, 2020191 m14.4°C40 m
Jun 27, 202036 m15.0°C16 m
Jun 28, 202054 m14.6°C34 m
Jul 10, 202067 m12.9°C55 m
Jul 18, 2020117 m14.7°C47 m
Jul 21, 2020125 m15.5°C101 m
Jul 27, 2020567 m16.6°C66 m
Jul 28, 202083 m16.5°C55 m
Jul 30, 202078 m16.0°C61 m
Aug 2, 202068 m15.0°C25 m
Aug 3, 2020567 m15.2°C104 m
Aug 6, 202061 m15.2°C41 m
Aug 11, 2020103 m16.9°C81 m
Aug 23, 202086 m15.8°C79 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 2, 2020 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Mar 2Mar 8, 2020 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Mar 9, 2020 — seafloor 308 m (measured), deepest dive 239 m (modelled)Mar 16, 2020 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2020 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2020 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2020 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 10, 2020 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2020 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2020 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2020 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2020 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 2, 2020 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2020 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2020 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2020 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2020 — seafloor 397 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 24Sep 3, 2020 — seafloor 222 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2020 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2020 — seafloor 345 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2020 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2020 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2020 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 15, 2020 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2020 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2020 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2020 — seafloor 346 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2020 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2020 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 18, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Nov 12, 2020 — seafloor 614 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)

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

Dives

239 m
Deepest dive
5:51
Longest dive
469
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
33
Sightings
255
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250239 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (308 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 · Mar 9, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
308 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 33 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 614 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 17.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 33 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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