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Monterey Bay

226 – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 226
226 Confirmed in the catalog @226
Jul 8 – 18, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2021

104 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
10

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 8, 202198 m15.2°C83 m
Jul 9, 2021567 m15.8°C31 m
Jul 9, 2021567 m15.8°C36 m
Jul 15, 202171 m14.3°C59 m
Jul 17, 2021106 m13.9°C77 m
Jul 17, 202189 m13.9°C32 m
Jul 18, 2021567 m14.1°C47 m
Jul 18, 2021109 m14.1°C65 m
Jul 18, 2021567 m14.1°C104 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 8, 2021 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 9, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 15, 2021 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 17, 2021 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 17, 2021 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jul 18

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
66
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
10
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 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 · Jul 18, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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