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Monterey Bay

Check – Residency

2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Check
Check Confirmed in the catalog @2
Apr 24 – May 26, 2012 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2012

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 24, 201261 m13.5°C—
May 26, 2012254 m11.2°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 24, 2012 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 24May 26, 2012 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 26

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
2
Sightings
32
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 · May 26, 2012

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C – 13.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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