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Monterey Bay

Rip Curl – Residency

82nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Rip Curl
Rip Curl Confirmed in the catalog @276
Apr 12 – Nov 14, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Nov 2020

225 m
Deepest dive
6:37
Longest dive
240
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
216

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 12, 2020254 m13.2°C137 m
May 2, 202052 m12.5°C47 m
Jul 11, 202074 m12.2°C57 m
Jul 12, 202079 m13.4°C69 m
Jul 13, 202077 m13.7°C70 m
Jul 14, 202071 m13.8°C59 m
Jul 15, 202066 m14.1°C57 m
Aug 18, 20201,464 m16.7°C45 m
Sep 13, 2020123 m15.9°C67 m
Sep 14, 2020355 m15.6°C59 m
Sep 20, 2020807 m14.9°C142 m
Sep 28, 202067 m16.0°C32 m
Oct 2, 2020113 m16.4°C48 m
Nov 9, 2020510 m13.3°C117 m
Nov 10, 2020395 m12.8°C75 m
Nov 11, 2020303 m12.7°C84 m
Nov 14, 2020410 m12.8°C225 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 12, 2020 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Apr 12May 2, 2020 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2020 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2020 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2020 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2020 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2020 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 15Aug 18, 2020 — seafloor 1,464 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2020 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2020 — seafloor 355 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 20, 2020 — seafloor 807 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2020 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2020 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 2Nov 9, 2020 — seafloor 510 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Nov 10, 2020 — seafloor 395 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Nov 11, 2020 — seafloor 303 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Nov 11Nov 14, 2020 — seafloor 410 m (measured), deepest dive 225 m (modelled)

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

Dives

225 m
Deepest dive
6:37
Longest dive
240
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
216
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250225 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (410 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 14, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
410 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 1,464 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 17 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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