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Monterey Bay

Frosty – Residency

55th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Frosty
Frosty Confirmed in the catalog @24
Apr 29 – Oct 24, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Oct 2019

134 m
Deepest dive
4:26
Longest dive
159
Dives
Sightings
27
Days between first and last sighting
178

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 29, 2019170 m13.2°C—
May 31, 2019385 m13.3°C—
May 31, 2019273 m13.3°C—
Jun 2, 201933 m13.2°C—
Jul 25, 201962 m15.2°C—
Jul 25, 201966 m15.2°C—
Jul 28, 201962 m14.7°C—
Jul 29, 201978 m14.7°C—
Jul 30, 201995 m14.5°C—
Jul 31, 20191 m14.6°C—
Jul 31, 201987 m14.6°C—
Aug 1, 201994 m14.7°C—
Aug 2, 2019670 m14.7°C—
Aug 6, 201993 m13.6°C—
Aug 7, 201972 m13.1°C—
Aug 8, 2019606 m13.3°C134 m
Aug 8, 201962 m13.1°C39 m
Aug 9, 2019567 m13.4°C86 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 29, 2019 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 29May 31, 2019 — seafloor 385 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 31, 2019 — seafloor 273 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 2, 2019 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 25, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 25, 2019 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 25Jul 28, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 29, 2019 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 1 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 2, 2019 — seafloor 670 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 6, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 606 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2019 — seafloor 341 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 10Oct 24, 2019 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
4:26
Longest dive
159
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
27
Sightings
178
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (606 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 8, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
606 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 27 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
1 m – 670 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 16.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 27 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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