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Monterey Bay

Poppy – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Poppy
Poppy Confirmed in the catalog @3122
Nov 9 – 12, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov 2018

95 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
13
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 9, 201881 m—15 m
Nov 12, 2018110 m—95 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 9, 2018 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Nov 9Nov 12, 2018 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Nov 12

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
13
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (110 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 · Nov 12, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 110 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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