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Monterey Bay

Smile Lines – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Smile Lines
Smile Lines Confirmed in the catalog @22
Jun 6 – Sep 24, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2015

102 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
110

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 6, 2015254 m12.8°C99 m
Jun 10, 201570 m14.1°C55 m
Jun 14, 2015103 m14.8°C43 m
Jun 18, 2015567 m13.8°C102 m
Jun 23, 201573 m13.6°C40 m
Jun 26, 2015132 m13.7°C100 m
Sep 24, 2015254 m17.2°C56 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 6, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Jun 6Jun 10, 2015 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 10Jun 14, 2015 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 14Jun 18, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 23, 2015 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 26, 2015 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Jun 26Sep 24, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
79
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
110
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 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 · Jun 18, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 17.2°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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