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Monterey Bay

Vanilla Thunder – Residency

29th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Vanilla Thunder
Vanilla Thunder Confirmed in the catalog @27184
Aug 6 – Dec 4, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Dec 2020

273 m
Deepest dive
9:29
Longest dive
302
Dives
Sightings
24
Days between first and last sighting
120
Deepest dive on record
273 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 6, 2020114 m15.0°C94 m
Aug 7, 2020123 m15.3°C44 m
Aug 9, 2020106 m15.7°C82 m
Sep 17, 2020217 m15.2°C24 m
Sep 21, 2020321 m15.5°C87 m
Sep 23, 2020108 m15.8°C57 m
Oct 2, 2020139 m16.6°C71 m
Oct 5, 202040 m16.1°C34 m
Oct 6, 202073 m15.7°C56 m
Oct 12, 2020228 m15.4°C131 m
Oct 24, 2020295 m15.2°C99 m
Oct 27, 2020345 m15.1°C273 m
Oct 31, 202097 m15.1°C55 m
Nov 2, 2020132 m15.0°C84 m
Nov 5, 2020119 m14.7°C50 m
Nov 11, 202026 m12.6°C22 m
Nov 12, 202019 m12.5°C16 m
Nov 12, 202074 m12.4°C64 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 6, 2020 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 7, 2020 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2020 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2020 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2020 — seafloor 321 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 23, 2020 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2020 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2020 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2020 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 12, 2020 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Oct 24, 2020 — seafloor 295 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2020 — seafloor 345 m (measured), deepest dive 273 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2020 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 2, 2020 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2020 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 11, 2020 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 12, 2020 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Nov 12Nov 12, 2020 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Nov 13, 2020 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 15, 2020 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 161 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2020 — seafloor 325 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Nov 16Nov 20, 2020 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Dec 2, 2020 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2020 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)

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

Dives

273 m
Deepest dive
9:29
Longest dive
302
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
24
Sightings
120
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300273 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (345 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 27, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
345 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 24 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
19 m – 345 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 24 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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