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Monterey Bay

Frosty – Residency

80th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Frosty
Frosty Confirmed in the catalog @24
Jul 17 – Sep 17, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2023

95 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
62

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 202397 m15.8°C64 m
Jul 17, 202394 m15.8°C85 m
Jul 21, 202368 m15.3°C49 m
Aug 19, 2023176 m17.3°C95 m
Aug 21, 202383 m17.6°C45 m
Aug 22, 202387 m17.5°C42 m
Sep 17, 202371 m16.6°C57 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 17, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 21, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 17, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
89
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
62
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (176 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 · Aug 19, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
176 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 176 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 14.0 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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