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Monterey Bay

2017-2018 calf of Chin Up – Residency

18th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of Chin Up
2017-2018 calf of Chin Up Confirmed in the catalog @24707
Aug 27 – Dec 19, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Dec 2020

93 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
132
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
114

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 27, 2020126 m15.5°C45 m
Aug 27, 2020133 m15.5°C93 m
Aug 30, 2020100 m15.1°C62 m
Sep 6, 202064 m17.6°C47 m
Sep 6, 202064 m17.6°C58 m
Oct 15, 202019 m15.2°C17 m
Oct 17, 202031 m15.1°C25 m
Nov 4, 202067 m14.7°C39 m
Nov 25, 2020243 m12.4°C44 m
Nov 27, 2020310 m12.4°C30 m
Dec 19, 202088 m12.0°C57 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 27, 2020 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 27, 2020 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 30, 2020 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 6, 2020 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2020 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 6Oct 15, 2020 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 17, 2020 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Oct 17Nov 4, 2020 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 25, 2020 — seafloor 243 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Nov 25Nov 27, 2020 — seafloor 310 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 27Dec 19, 2020 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 19

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
132
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
114
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (133 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 27, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
133 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
19 m – 310 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 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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