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Monterey Bay

Blues – Residency

27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Blues
Blues Confirmed in the catalog @26464
Apr 11 – Aug 8, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2021

62 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
96
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
119

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 11, 202120 m14.1°C18 m
May 28, 2021567 m12.5°C40 m
May 28, 2021567 m12.5°C62 m
May 30, 202127 m13.3°C20 m
Jun 1, 202149 m13.3°C41 m
Jun 1, 202158 m13.1°C53 m
Jun 1, 202146 m13.3°C39 m
Aug 8, 202156 m16.8°C51 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 11, 2021 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Apr 11May 28, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)May 28May 28, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)May 28May 30, 2021 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)May 30Jun 1, 2021 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jun 1Jun 1, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 1Jun 1, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 1Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
96
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
119
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

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

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · May 28, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 16.8°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 8 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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