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Monterey Bay

Lemur – Residency

52nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Lemur
Lemur Confirmed in the catalog @2512
Sep 22 – Oct 4, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2023

186 m
Deepest dive
5:41
Longest dive
26
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 22, 202374 m16.8°C62 m
Oct 4, 2023586 m17.7°C186 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 22, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 22Oct 4, 2023 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 186 m (modelled)Oct 4

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

Dives

186 m
Deepest dive
5:41
Longest dive
26
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200186 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (586 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 4, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
586 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.7°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 586 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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