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Monterey Bay

Tidal – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Tidal
Tidal Confirmed in the catalog @14972
Jul 24 – Nov 13, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2024

88 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
113

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 202432 m15.8°C27 m
Aug 4, 202493 m14.8°C30 m
Aug 8, 2024125 m14.3°C26 m
Sep 18, 2024567 m15.0°C61 m
Oct 2, 202434 m16.6°C30 m
Nov 13, 2024500 m16.2°C88 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 24, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 8Sep 18, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 18Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Oct 2Nov 13, 2024 — seafloor 500 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Nov 13

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
46
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
113
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (500 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 · Nov 13, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
500 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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