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Monterey Bay

Blues – Residency

36th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Blues
Blues Confirmed in the catalog @26464
Sep 9 – Oct 9, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2022

63 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
68
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 9, 202278 m16.5°C56 m
Sep 10, 202268 m16.1°C62 m
Sep 11, 202278 m16.0°C50 m
Sep 14, 2022168 m15.3°C58 m
Sep 15, 202283 m15.3°C39 m
Sep 17, 2022567 m15.2°C59 m
Oct 9, 2022567 m15.4°C63 m
Oct 9, 202240 m15.1°C28 m
Oct 9, 202239 m15.1°C31 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 9, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 10, 2022 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 11, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 14, 2022 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 15, 2022 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 17Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Oct 9

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

Dives

63 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
68
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
30
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010063 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

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

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 9, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 16.5°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 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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