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Monterey Bay

Exclamation Point – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Exclamation Point
Exclamation Point Confirmed in the catalog @3
Sep 2 – Oct 9, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2020

57 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
37

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 2, 2020533 m16.1°C30 m
Sep 3, 2020160 m16.3°C55 m
Sep 22, 202065 m15.3°C57 m
Sep 23, 202098 m15.6°C43 m
Oct 9, 202073 m21.7°C55 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 2, 2020 — seafloor 533 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2020 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 22, 2020 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2020 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 23Oct 9, 2020 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 9

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
45
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
37
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (65 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 · Sep 22, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 533 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 21.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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