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Monterey Bay

2017-2018 calf of Miracle – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of Miracle
2017-2018 calf of Miracle Confirmed in the catalog @24712
Aug 13 – Oct 28, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2024

117 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
56
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 13, 2024177 m—83 m
Aug 15, 2024168 m—86 m
Aug 18, 2024117 m—39 m
Aug 19, 2024107 m—49 m
Oct 16, 202454 m—32 m
Oct 23, 202472 m—31 m
Oct 28, 2024242 m—117 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 13, 2024 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 15, 2024 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 19Oct 16, 2024 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 23, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Oct 23Oct 28, 2024 — seafloor 242 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Oct 28

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

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
56
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
76
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (242 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 28, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
242 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 242 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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