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Monterey Bay

Victor – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Victor
Victor Confirmed in the catalog @1498
Aug 3 – Oct 2, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2020

109 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
60

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 3, 202063 m15.2°C38 m
Sep 20, 2020838 m14.9°C109 m
Oct 1, 2020100 m16.3°C63 m
Oct 2, 202094 m16.2°C74 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 3, 2020 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 3Sep 20, 2020 — seafloor 838 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Sep 20Oct 1, 2020 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 2, 2020 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Oct 2

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
39
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
60
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (838 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 20, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
838 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 838 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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