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Monterey Bay

Victor – Residency

41st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Victor
Victor Confirmed in the catalog @1498
Sep 25, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2023

102 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
6
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 25, 2023183 m16.8°C102 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
6
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 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 25, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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