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Monterey Bay

Professor – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Professor
Professor Confirmed in the catalog @22348
Aug 14 – Nov 9, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2023

239 m
Deepest dive
10:38
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
87
Deepest dive on record
239 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 14, 2023744 m—90 m
Aug 19, 2023385 m—71 m
Oct 28, 2023452 m—239 m
Nov 9, 202376 m—65 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 14, 2023 — seafloor 744 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 385 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 19Oct 28, 2023 — seafloor 452 m (measured), deepest dive 239 m (modelled)Oct 28Nov 9, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Nov 9

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

Dives

239 m
Deepest dive
10:38
Longest dive
55
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
87
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250239 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (452 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 28, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
452 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
21.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 744 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 21.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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