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Monterey Bay

Cherries – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Cherries
Cherries Confirmed in the catalog @16869
Apr 15 – May 31, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2021

56 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
46

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 15, 20211,096 m—56 m
May 31, 202149 m—44 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 15, 2021 — seafloor 1,096 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Apr 15May 31, 2021 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)May 31

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
15
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
46
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,096 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 15, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
1,096 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 1,096 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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