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Monterey Bay

Caesar – Residency

2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Caesar
Caesar Confirmed in the catalog @21
May 31 – Jul 30, 2012 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Jul 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
60

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 31, 2012117 m11.8°C—
Jul 30, 2012476 m14.7°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 31, 2012 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 31Jul 30, 2012 — seafloor 476 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30

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
60
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 · Jul 30, 2012

measured
Seafloor depth
476 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
117 m – 476 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
7.0 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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