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Monterey Bay

Aurora – Residency

53rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Aurora
Aurora Confirmed in the catalog @264
Apr 19 – Dec 17, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Dec 2019

286 m
Deepest dive
11:02
Longest dive
111
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
242

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 2019456 m12.3°C—
May 30, 2019398 m13.5°C—
Jun 2, 2019127 m13.4°C—
Aug 5, 201965 m13.9°C—
Aug 7, 201972 m13.1°C—
Aug 8, 2019606 m13.3°C76 m
Aug 9, 2019567 m13.4°C286 m
Aug 9, 201948 m13.0°C43 m
Aug 9, 201954 m13.0°C41 m
Aug 17, 201964 m14.9°C48 m
Sep 12, 201961 m15.0°C52 m
Sep 16, 2019122 m15.1°C106 m
Sep 22, 201964 m16.2°C47 m
Oct 12, 2019566 m15.2°C18 m
Oct 16, 201957 m14.0°C44 m
Nov 12, 2019244 m14.3°C103 m
Nov 15, 2019534 m14.0°C102 m
Dec 17, 2019320 m13.8°C28 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 19, 2019 — seafloor 456 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 19May 30, 2019 — seafloor 398 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 2, 2019 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5, 2019 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 606 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 286 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 17Sep 12, 2019 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2019 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 22Oct 12, 2019 — seafloor 566 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2019 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Nov 12, 2019 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Nov 12Nov 15, 2019 — seafloor 534 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Dec 17, 2019 — seafloor 320 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)

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

Dives

286 m
Deepest dive
11:02
Longest dive
111
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
242
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300286 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 9, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 606 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 16.2°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 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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