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Monterey Bay

2017-2018 calf of Chin Up – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of Chin Up
2017-2018 calf of Chin Up Confirmed in the catalog @24707
Jul 3 – Sep 9, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2018

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
68

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 3, 2018-63 m——
Aug 24, 201891 m16.0°C—
Sep 4, 2018254 m16.2°C—
Sep 8, 201882 m15.3°C—
Sep 9, 201848 m15.1°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 3, 2018 — seafloor -63 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 3Aug 24, 2018 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 24Sep 4, 2018 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 4Sep 8, 2018 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 8Sep 9, 2018 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 9

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
5
Sightings
68
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 · Sep 9, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-63 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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