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Monterey Bay

261 – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 261
261 Confirmed in the catalog @261
Aug 19 – Sep 13, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2018

78 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 2018101 m14.5°C41 m
Aug 20, 2018116 m14.4°C42 m
Aug 22, 201877 m15.1°C57 m
Sep 9, 201848 m15.1°C35 m
Sep 13, 2018113 m13.7°C78 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 19, 2018 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2018 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 22, 2018 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 9, 2018 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 13, 2018 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
63
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
25
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (113 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 · Sep 13, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 116 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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