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Monterey Bay

Tie Dye – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Tie Dye
Tie Dye Confirmed in the catalog @300
Sep 24 – Oct 9, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2023

130 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 24, 202377 m—44 m
Sep 25, 202385 m—38 m
Sep 30, 202383 m—47 m
Oct 2, 2023109 m—68 m
Oct 3, 2023181 m—130 m
Oct 5, 202379 m—39 m
Oct 9, 202386 m—75 m
Oct 9, 202380 m—19 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 24, 2023 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 30, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2023 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 5, 2023 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 9

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
66
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
15
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (181 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 3, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
181 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m – 181 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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