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Monterey Bay

Gollum – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Gollum
Gollum Confirmed in the catalog @2452
Aug 24 – Oct 25, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2024

40 m
Deepest dive
1:41
Longest dive
13
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
62

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 24, 2024333 m14.5°C21 m
Oct 25, 202461 m19.4°C40 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 24, 2024 — seafloor 333 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 24Oct 25, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 25

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

Dives

40 m
Deepest dive
1:41
Longest dive
13
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
62
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255040 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (61 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 · Oct 25, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 333 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 19.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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