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Monterey Bay

Foster Mom – Residency

83rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Foster Mom
Foster Mom Confirmed in the catalog @3125
Jun 8 – Jul 3, 2022 · Monterey Bay

June in Familiar Waters

Another month in my bay, teaching my little one the best feeding spots.

130 m
Deepest dive
5:17
Longest dive
111
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 8, 2022129 m12.9°C101 m
Jun 16, 202275 m12.1°C48 m
Jun 17, 2022265 m12.0°C130 m
Jun 17, 202286 m11.6°C34 m
Jun 22, 2022106 m11.6°C92 m
Jun 25, 202278 m13.1°C64 m
Jun 25, 2022182 m13.1°C63 m
Jun 25, 202278 m13.1°C61 m
Jul 3, 2022181 m12.9°C44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 8, 2022 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jun 8Jun 16, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 16Jun 17, 2022 — seafloor 265 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 17, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 22, 2022 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 25, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 25, 2022 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 25, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 25Jul 3, 2022 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 3

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
5:17
Longest dive
111
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
25
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (265 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 · Jun 17, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
265 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m – 265 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 13.1°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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