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Monterey Bay

Check – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Check
Check Confirmed in the catalog @2
Apr 4 – Aug 24, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2018

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
142

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 4, 201863 m13.3°C—
Apr 10, 2018567 m13.0°C—
Apr 13, 201870 m13.2°C—
Apr 16, 201857 m12.0°C—
Apr 21, 201873 m12.1°C—
Apr 22, 201864 m12.0°C—
Apr 25, 201873 m13.3°C—
May 3, 201858 m12.5°C—
May 4, 2018141 m12.6°C—
Jun 15, 201872 m12.5°C—
Jul 30, 201830 m14.5°C—
Aug 24, 201866 m15.2°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 4, 2018 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 4Apr 10, 2018 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 10Apr 13, 2018 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 13Apr 16, 2018 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 16Apr 21, 2018 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 21Apr 22, 2018 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 22Apr 25, 2018 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 25May 3, 2018 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 3May 4, 2018 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 4Jun 15, 2018 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 15Jul 30, 2018 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30Aug 24, 2018 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 24

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
12
Sightings
142
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 24, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
26.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 26.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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