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Monterey Bay

Caesar – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Caesar
Caesar Confirmed in the catalog @21
May 1 – Aug 28, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Aug 2015

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
118

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 1, 2015254 m13.0°C—
May 2, 2015254 m13.0°C—
May 3, 2015254 m12.7°C—
May 8, 201569 m12.2°C—
May 10, 201553 m12.3°C—
May 13, 2015567 m11.8°C—
May 20, 2015254 m12.3°C—
May 22, 2015254 m12.9°C—
May 29, 2015181 m12.7°C—
Jun 1, 201590 m13.2°C—
Jun 7, 201567 m13.1°C—
Jun 13, 2015254 m14.7°C—
Jun 16, 2015133 m14.4°C—
Jun 18, 2015567 m13.8°C—
Jun 20, 2015134 m13.8°C—
Jun 21, 2015129 m14.0°C—
Jun 23, 2015176 m13.6°C—
Jun 24, 201550 m13.4°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 1, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 1May 2, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 3, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 8, 2015 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 10, 2015 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 13, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 13May 20, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 22, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 29, 2015 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 1, 2015 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 7, 2015 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 7Jun 13, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 16, 2015 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 18, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 20, 2015 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 21, 2015 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 21Jun 23, 2015 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 24, 2015 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 26, 2015 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 27, 2015 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 2, 2015 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 2Jul 3, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 6, 2015 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7, 2015 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 10, 2015 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 28, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 28

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
26
Sightings
118
Days first → last

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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 28, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 17.6°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 26 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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