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Monterey Bay

Blingy – Residency

5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Blingy
Blingy Confirmed in the catalog @310
Jul 10 – Oct 15, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2022

184 m
Deepest dive
4:50
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
96

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 10, 2022134 m18.5°C115 m
Sep 15, 2022243 m15.1°C184 m
Sep 16, 2022102 m15.0°C87 m
Sep 17, 2022211 m15.2°C54 m
Sep 17, 202278 m15.5°C65 m
Sep 19, 202281 m15.4°C70 m
Oct 15, 2022773 m20.8°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
Jul 10, 2022 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Jul 10Sep 15, 2022 — seafloor 243 m (measured), deepest dive 184 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 19, 2022 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 19Oct 15, 2022 — seafloor 773 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 15

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

Dives

184 m
Deepest dive
4:50
Longest dive
71
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
96
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200184 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (243 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 15, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
243 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 773 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C – 20.8°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 22.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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