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Monterey Bay

Chin Up – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Chin Up
Chin Up Confirmed in the catalog @2547
Aug 7 – Nov 4, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2021

87 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
254
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
89

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 202139 m14.5°C35 m
Aug 30, 202169 m17.2°C36 m
Aug 31, 2021567 m17.4°C42 m
Sep 1, 202166 m17.5°C42 m
Sep 5, 2021567 m16.5°C68 m
Sep 6, 202161 m17.0°C50 m
Sep 9, 202167 m18.2°C49 m
Sep 12, 202163 m16.3°C43 m
Sep 14, 202158 m16.2°C48 m
Sep 15, 202131 m16.1°C26 m
Sep 16, 202195 m16.4°C64 m
Sep 18, 2021196 m16.0°C70 m
Sep 19, 202170 m15.8°C30 m
Sep 20, 2021166 m16.1°C79 m
Sep 21, 202199 m16.4°C87 m
Sep 24, 202136 m16.1°C30 m
Sep 25, 202166 m16.2°C37 m
Sep 26, 202151 m16.3°C32 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 7, 2021 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2021 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2021 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 15, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2021 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2021 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2021 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 20, 2021 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2021 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2021 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2021 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
254
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
89
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (99 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 21, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
99 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 18.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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