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Monterey Bay

Akimbo – Residency

50th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Akimbo
Akimbo Confirmed in the catalog @204
Jul 17 – Aug 23, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2020

163 m
Deepest dive
6:10
Longest dive
137
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
37

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 202092 m14.9°C67 m
Jul 18, 202069 m14.9°C59 m
Jul 19, 202058 m15.2°C43 m
Jul 20, 2020567 m15.5°C163 m
Jul 21, 2020105 m15.4°C57 m
Jul 23, 2020404 m16.1°C161 m
Aug 16, 2020239 m16.9°C121 m
Aug 23, 2020102 m15.1°C86 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 17, 2020 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2020 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2020 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 20, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 163 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2020 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 23, 2020 — seafloor 404 m (measured), deepest dive 161 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 16, 2020 — seafloor 239 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 23, 2020 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 23

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

Dives

163 m
Deepest dive
6:10
Longest dive
137
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
37
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200163 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 20, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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