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Monterey Bay

Flora – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Flora
Flora Confirmed in the catalog @15851
Jul 22 – Nov 8, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2018

173 m
Deepest dive
6:07
Longest dive
269
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
109

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 2018172 m—77 m
Jul 28, 201871 m—56 m
Jul 29, 201858 m—46 m
Sep 4, 2018214 m—173 m
Sep 8, 201854 m—48 m
Sep 9, 201841 m—31 m
Sep 10, 201861 m—33 m
Sep 13, 201855 m—46 m
Sep 15, 2018142 m—126 m
Sep 16, 201857 m—51 m
Sep 19, 2018110 m—86 m
Sep 22, 201879 m—31 m
Sep 24, 201846 m—33 m
Sep 25, 2018118 m—99 m
Sep 28, 201845 m—40 m
Sep 29, 201872 m—31 m
Sep 30, 201893 m—44 m
Oct 2, 201888 m—40 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 22, 2018 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 28, 2018 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2018 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2018 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 173 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2018 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 9, 2018 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2018 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2018 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2018 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 16, 2018 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2018 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2018 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2018 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2018 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2018 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2018 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2018 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 2, 2018 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2018 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2018 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2018 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 8, 2018 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)

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

Dives

173 m
Deepest dive
6:07
Longest dive
269
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
109
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200173 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (214 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 4, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
214 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
41 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 24.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 22 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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