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Monterey Bay

Frosty – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Frosty
Frosty Confirmed in the catalog @24
Apr 24 – Aug 24, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2018

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
122

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 24, 201871 m13.2°C—
May 2, 2018148 m12.4°C—
May 3, 201858 m12.5°C—
May 13, 2018107 m12.2°C—
May 20, 201872 m11.2°C—
May 21, 201873 m11.1°C—
Jun 13, 201865 m11.9°C—
Jun 14, 201863 m11.1°C—
Jun 15, 201872 m12.5°C—
Jun 16, 201873 m13.0°C—
Jun 17, 201852 m——
Jul 2, 2018410 m14.6°C—
Aug 24, 201862 m15.4°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 24, 2018 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 24May 2, 2018 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 3, 2018 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 13, 2018 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 13May 20, 2018 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 21, 2018 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 13, 2018 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 13Jun 14, 2018 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 15, 2018 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 16, 2018 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 16Jun 17, 2018 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 2, 2018 — seafloor 410 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 24, 2018 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 24

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
13
Sightings
122
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 · Aug 24, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 410 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C – 15.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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