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Monterey Bay

2017-2018 calf of Chin Up – Residency

42nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of Chin Up
2017-2018 calf of Chin Up Confirmed in the catalog @24707
Jul 20 – Oct 31, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2024

207 m
Deepest dive
8:37
Longest dive
37
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
103
Deepest dive on record
207 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 202484 m15.9°C60 m
Aug 3, 2024731 m14.8°C207 m
Aug 13, 202496 m14.2°C30 m
Aug 20, 2024374 m14.7°C42 m
Oct 5, 202477 m16.3°C44 m
Oct 31, 202447 m13.0°C42 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 731 m (measured), deepest dive 207 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 13, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 374 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 20Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 31, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 31

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

Dives

207 m
Deepest dive
8:37
Longest dive
37
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
103
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250207 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (731 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 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
731 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 731 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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