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Monterey Bay

Bread Knife – Residency

71st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bread Knife
Bread Knife Confirmed in the catalog @3005
Apr 2 – Sep 11, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2022

159 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
109
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
162

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 2, 2022101 m11.7°C60 m
Apr 6, 2022426 m11.5°C95 m
Apr 8, 2022244 m13.0°C83 m
Apr 17, 2022672 m10.5°C89 m
May 31, 2022268 m11.6°C145 m
Jun 20, 2022405 m11.6°C101 m
Jun 26, 202269 m13.2°C62 m
Jun 26, 202271 m13.3°C31 m
Sep 8, 2022109 m16.5°C65 m
Sep 9, 2022707 m16.5°C159 m
Sep 11, 202268 m16.0°C60 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 2, 2022 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 6, 2022 — seafloor 426 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 8, 2022 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Apr 8Apr 17, 2022 — seafloor 672 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Apr 17May 31, 2022 — seafloor 268 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)May 31Jun 20, 2022 — seafloor 405 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 26, 2022 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 26, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 26Sep 8, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 9, 2022 — seafloor 707 m (measured), deepest dive 159 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 11, 2022 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

159 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
109
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
162
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200159 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (707 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 9, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
707 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 707 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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