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Monterey Bay

Flora – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Flora
Flora Confirmed in the catalog @15851
Apr 19 – 23, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr 2019

430 m
Deepest dive
16:57
Longest dive
60
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4
Deepest dive on record
430 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 2019187 m—71 m
Apr 21, 2019954 m—237 m
Apr 23, 2019567 m—430 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 19, 2019 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Apr 19Apr 21, 2019 — seafloor 954 m (measured), deepest dive 237 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 23, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 430 m (modelled)Apr 23

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

Dives

430 m
Deepest dive
16:57
Longest dive
60
Dives
68 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0225450430 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Apr 23, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
187 m – 954 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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