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Monterey Bay

Xula – Residency

18th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Xula
Xula Confirmed in the catalog @1887
May 29 – Jul 6, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Jul 2015

194 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
205
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 29, 2015146 m12.7°C78 m
May 30, 2015107 m13.8°C53 m
Jun 1, 201590 m13.2°C44 m
Jun 8, 201593 m13.9°C61 m
Jun 16, 2015131 m14.4°C102 m
Jun 19, 201589 m14.1°C70 m
Jun 20, 2015143 m13.8°C62 m
Jun 21, 2015123 m14.0°C58 m
Jun 22, 2015153 m13.8°C73 m
Jun 23, 2015172 m13.6°C88 m
Jun 24, 201525 m13.4°C20 m
Jun 26, 2015131 m13.7°C29 m
Jun 27, 2015117 m13.9°C71 m
Jun 30, 201571 m14.6°C37 m
Jul 3, 2015254 m14.5°C90 m
Jul 5, 2015254 m16.2°C194 m
Jul 6, 2015204 m15.9°C132 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 29, 2015 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)May 29May 30, 2015 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 1, 2015 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2015 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 8Jun 16, 2015 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Jun 19, 2015 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 20, 2015 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 21, 2015 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2015 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jun 23, 2015 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 24, 2015 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2015 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2015 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 30, 2015 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 194 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 6, 2015 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)

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

Dives

194 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
205
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200194 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 · Jul 5, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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