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Monterey Bay

Frosty – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Frosty
Frosty Confirmed in the catalog @24
Apr 17 – May 29, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2015

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 17, 2015254 m12.3°C—
May 16, 2015254 m12.3°C—
May 18, 2015181 m12.0°C—
May 20, 2015254 m12.3°C—
May 21, 2015254 m12.4°C—
May 22, 2015254 m12.9°C—
May 29, 2015177 m12.7°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 17, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 17May 16, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 16May 18, 2015 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 18May 20, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 20May 21, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 21May 22, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 22May 29, 2015 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 29

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 29, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
177 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
177 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 12.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 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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