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Monterey Bay

Aurora – Residency

146th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Aurora
Aurora Confirmed in the catalog @264
May 14 – Dec 11, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay Summer

Seven months in my favorite waters, watching my calf grow strong.

209 m
Deepest dive
7:31
Longest dive
997
Dives
Sightings
84
Days between first and last sighting
211

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 14, 2021908 m11.9°C100 m
Jun 25, 202154 m15.3°C49 m
Jul 9, 2021490 m16.0°C126 m
Jul 12, 202142 m15.3°C38 m
Jul 14, 202179 m14.5°C46 m
Jul 19, 2021638 m14.7°C92 m
Jul 19, 2021886 m14.7°C78 m
Jul 20, 202168 m15.1°C59 m
Jul 22, 2021367 m14.8°C147 m
Jul 24, 2021142 m14.8°C33 m
Jul 27, 202177 m15.2°C39 m
Jul 29, 2021156 m15.5°C43 m
Jul 30, 20211,055 m15.7°C93 m
Jul 31, 2021416 m16.4°C132 m
Aug 1, 202186 m16.5°C53 m
Aug 2, 2021902 m16.7°C104 m
Aug 2, 2021313 m16.8°C104 m
Aug 3, 202131 m17.2°C26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 14, 2021 — seafloor 908 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)May 14Jun 25, 2021 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2021 — seafloor 490 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2021 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2021 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2021 — seafloor 638 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2021 — seafloor 886 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2021 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2021 — seafloor 367 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2021 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2021 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2021 — seafloor 1,055 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2021 — seafloor 416 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2021 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 2, 2021 — seafloor 902 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2021 — seafloor 313 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2021 — seafloor 1,292 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2021 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2021 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2021 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2021 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2021 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 14, 2021 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 393 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 330 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2021 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2021 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 26, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 387 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 260 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2021 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 12, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2021 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2021 — seafloor 263 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2021 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2021 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2021 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Nov 1, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 2, 2021 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 7, 2021 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2021 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Nov 13, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Dec 10, 2021 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 495 m (measured), deepest dive 209 m (modelled)

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

Dives

209 m
Deepest dive
7:31
Longest dive
997
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
84
Sightings
211
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250209 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (495 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Dec 11, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
495 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 84 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 1,292 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 22.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 84 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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