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Monterey Bay

Motitas Chiquititas – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Motitas Chiquititas
Motitas Chiquititas Confirmed in the catalog @17126
Jul 18 – Aug 27, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2018

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 2018110 m——
Jul 23, 2018533 m——
Aug 4, 2018156 m——
Aug 7, 2018106 m——
Aug 25, 2018327 m——
Aug 27, 201892 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 18, 2018 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18Jul 23, 2018 — seafloor 533 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 23Aug 4, 2018 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4Aug 7, 2018 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7Aug 25, 2018 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 25Aug 27, 2018 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
40
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 · Aug 27, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m
Sea-surface temperature
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Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m – 533 m
Sea-surface temperature
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Distance from shore
3.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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