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Monterey Bay

226 – Residency

45th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 226
226 Confirmed in the catalog @226
Jul 28 – Dec 9, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Dec 2024

194 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
327
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
134

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 28, 202476 m16.1°C50 m
Jul 30, 2024567 m15.9°C91 m
Jul 31, 2024102 m15.3°C77 m
Aug 12, 2024107 m13.4°C98 m
Aug 24, 2024333 m14.5°C192 m
Sep 15, 202472 m14.9°C60 m
Sep 16, 2024105 m15.0°C53 m
Oct 17, 202471 m15.3°C59 m
Oct 19, 2024567 m14.5°C143 m
Oct 19, 2024231 m14.5°C194 m
Oct 21, 202469 m14.5°C54 m
Oct 23, 202472 m14.4°C62 m
Nov 4, 202444 m13.2°C37 m
Nov 8, 2024308 m12.6°C65 m
Nov 10, 2024140 m12.9°C26 m
Nov 16, 202456 m11.8°C37 m
Nov 19, 202478 m12.4°C52 m
Nov 24, 2024567 m12.7°C140 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 28, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2024 — seafloor 333 m (measured), deepest dive 192 m (modelled)Aug 24Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 19, 2024 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 194 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 8, 2024 — seafloor 308 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Nov 10, 2024 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2024 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 19, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Nov 19Nov 24, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Nov 24, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Dec 9, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Dec 9

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

Dives

194 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
327
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
134
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200194 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (231 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 19, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
231 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 16.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 21 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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