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Monterey Bay

Victor – Residency

5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Victor
Victor Confirmed in the catalog @1498
Jun 20 – 23, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun 2015

157 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 2015567 m13.7°C52 m
Jun 23, 2015172 m13.6°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
Jun 20, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 23, 2015 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 157 m (modelled)Jun 23

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

Dives

157 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
19
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200157 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (172 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 · Jun 23, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 13.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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