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Monterey Bay

2017-2018 calf of Chin Up – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of Chin Up
2017-2018 calf of Chin Up Confirmed in the catalog @24707
Aug 30 – Dec 11, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Dec 2021

79 m
Deepest dive
3:46
Longest dive
143
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
103

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 30, 2021131 m17.4°C79 m
Aug 30, 202152 m17.3°C45 m
Aug 31, 202154 m17.3°C28 m
Aug 31, 202151 m17.3°C20 m
Sep 1, 202164 m17.5°C54 m
Sep 1, 202177 m17.5°C19 m
Sep 11, 2021504 m17.5°C74 m
Oct 7, 202152 m14.8°C45 m
Oct 7, 202150 m14.8°C46 m
Oct 9, 2021558 m14.6°C70 m
Oct 14, 2021219 m13.4°C32 m
Oct 14, 202147 m13.3°C33 m
Oct 14, 2021105 m13.3°C56 m
Dec 11, 20211,285 m13.5°C44 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 30, 2021 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2021 — seafloor 504 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 11Oct 7, 2021 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2021 — seafloor 558 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 14Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 1,285 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)

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

Dives

79 m
Deepest dive
3:46
Longest dive
143
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
103
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010079 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (131 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 30, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
131 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 1,285 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 20.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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