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Monterey Bay

Silky – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Silky
Silky Confirmed in the catalog @260
Jul 26 – Sep 30, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2018

71 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
66

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 2018153 m15.6°C71 m
Jul 27, 2018136 m15.5°C61 m
Aug 16, 2018141 m15.5°C34 m
Sep 30, 201886 m14.8°C58 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 26, 2018 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2018 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 16, 2018 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 30, 2018 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
43
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
66
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (153 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 · Jul 26, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
153 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m – 153 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 15.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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