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Monterey Bay

Train Wreck – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Train Wreck
Train Wreck Confirmed in the catalog @251
Nov 5 – 23, 2021 · Monterey Bay

November in the Bay

Same familiar waters calling me back, like they always do.

130 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
91
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 5, 2021567 m15.2°C70 m
Nov 6, 202168 m14.9°C54 m
Nov 7, 202162 m14.8°C31 m
Nov 21, 2021303 m14.4°C19 m
Nov 21, 2021188 m14.3°C94 m
Nov 22, 2021245 m14.6°C130 m
Nov 23, 2021170 m13.7°C98 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 6, 2021 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 6Nov 7, 2021 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Nov 7Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 303 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 22, 2021 — seafloor 245 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Nov 22Nov 23, 2021 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Nov 23

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
91
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
17
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (245 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 · Nov 22, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
245 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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