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Monterey Bay

Foster Mom – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Foster Mom
Foster Mom Confirmed in the catalog @3125
Apr 18 – Sep 12, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2015

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
147

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 18, 2015254 m12.4°C—
Apr 21, 2015254 m12.0°C—
May 1, 2015254 m13.0°C—
May 3, 2015254 m12.7°C—
May 8, 201573 m12.2°C—
May 15, 2015567 m12.0°C—
May 16, 2015254 m12.3°C—
May 17, 2015254 m12.0°C—
May 28, 201571 m12.8°C—
May 29, 2015178 m12.7°C—
Jun 7, 2015143 m13.1°C—
Jun 8, 201551 m13.9°C—
Jun 10, 201573 m14.1°C—
Jun 11, 201574 m14.4°C—
Jun 13, 2015123 m14.7°C—
Jun 15, 2015163 m14.7°C—
Jun 20, 2015142 m13.8°C—
Jun 21, 201579 m14.0°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 18, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 18Apr 21, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 1, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 3, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 8, 2015 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 8May 15, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 16, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 17, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 28, 2015 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 28May 29, 2015 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 7, 2015 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 8, 2015 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 10, 2015 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 10Jun 11, 2015 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 13, 2015 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 15, 2015 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 20, 2015 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 20Jun 21, 2015 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 23, 2015 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 11, 2015 — seafloor 585 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 12, 2015 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 12

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
147
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 12, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
144 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 585 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 18.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 19.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 21 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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