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Monterey Bay

Victor – Residency

46th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Victor
Victor Confirmed in the catalog @1498
Jul 3 – Oct 26, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2024

157 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
58
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
115

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 3, 2024900 m13.8°C120 m
Aug 22, 2024567 m13.7°C145 m
Sep 28, 202477 m15.7°C30 m
Oct 5, 2024135 m16.4°C28 m
Oct 26, 20241,026 m14.2°C157 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 3, 2024 — seafloor 900 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Jul 3Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 1,026 m (measured), deepest dive 157 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

157 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
58
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
115
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200157 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,026 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 · Oct 26, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
1,026 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m – 1,026 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 17.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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