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Monterey Bay

Percent – Residency

146th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Percent
Percent Confirmed in the catalog @1497
Feb 22 – Sep 28, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Feb – Sep 2024

188 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
160
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
219

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 22, 20241,012 m13.4°C123 m
Mar 20, 202496 m14.5°C43 m
Apr 15, 2024941 m12.4°C52 m
Apr 17, 2024200 m12.9°C133 m
Apr 23, 2024358 m14.2°C188 m
Jun 7, 2024386 m14.7°C146 m
Jun 16, 2024295 m13.3°C74 m
Jul 1, 2024536 m14.5°C49 m
Aug 17, 2024567 m14.2°C63 m
Aug 23, 2024455 m14.0°C129 m
Sep 2, 2024119 m16.1°C69 m
Sep 4, 2024106 m16.2°C60 m
Sep 11, 2024366 m15.5°C42 m
Sep 28, 2024563 m15.8°C35 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 22, 2024 — seafloor 1,012 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Feb 22Mar 20, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Apr 15, 2024 — seafloor 941 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Apr 17, 2024 — seafloor 200 m (measured), deepest dive 133 m (modelled)Apr 17Apr 23, 2024 — seafloor 358 m (measured), deepest dive 188 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2024 — seafloor 386 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2024 — seafloor 295 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 16Jul 1, 2024 — seafloor 536 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2024 — seafloor 455 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor 366 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 563 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)

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

Dives

188 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
160
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
219
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200188 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (358 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 · Apr 23, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
358 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m – 1,012 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 19.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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