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Monterey Bay

Percent – Residency

117th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Percent
Percent Confirmed in the catalog @1497
Apr 18 – Sep 29, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2022

129 m
Deepest dive
5:16
Longest dive
186
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
164

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 18, 2022196 m10.5°C77 m
Apr 18, 2022116 m10.2°C41 m
May 12, 2022567 m10.7°C56 m
Jul 3, 2022483 m12.9°C54 m
Jul 7, 2022105 m14.7°C86 m
Jul 8, 202297 m14.9°C85 m
Jul 11, 2022102 m14.2°C54 m
Jul 20, 202294 m15.6°C81 m
Jul 29, 2022707 m14.4°C78 m
Aug 2, 2022144 m15.5°C108 m
Aug 22, 2022109 m13.6°C92 m
Aug 25, 202295 m14.2°C64 m
Sep 16, 202279 m15.5°C53 m
Sep 22, 202273 m16.2°C42 m
Sep 27, 2022236 m16.3°C129 m
Sep 29, 2022567 m16.3°C92 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 18, 2022 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Apr 18Apr 18, 2022 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 12, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2022 — seafloor 483 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 7, 2022 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2022 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2022 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 20, 2022 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2022 — seafloor 707 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2022 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 22, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 22, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2022 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 29

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

Dives

129 m
Deepest dive
5:16
Longest dive
186
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
164
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150129 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (236 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 27, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
236 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 707 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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