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Monterey Bay

Frosty – Residency

61st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Frosty
Frosty Confirmed in the catalog @24
May 12 – Oct 20, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Oct 2020

77 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
74
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
161

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 12, 2020144 m14.2°C77 m
Jun 26, 202066 m15.4°C59 m
Jun 27, 2020567 m14.5°C55 m
Jul 19, 2020-119 m——
Oct 17, 202030 m15.2°C27 m
Oct 19, 202063 m15.3°C44 m
Oct 20, 202066 m15.2°C46 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 12, 2020 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)May 12Jun 26, 2020 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 27, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 19, 2020 — seafloor -119 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19Oct 17, 2020 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 19, 2020 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 20, 2020 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 20

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

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
74
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
161
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010077 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (144 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 · May 12, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
144 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-119 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 15.4°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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