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Monterey Bay

Melanie Yolette – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Melanie Yolette
Melanie Yolette Confirmed in the catalog @3206
Aug 21 – Sep 10, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2018

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 201846 m14.7°C—
Aug 22, 201861 m15.1°C—
Aug 28, 201856 m16.5°C—
Sep 5, 2018171 m16.0°C—
Sep 6, 201861 m15.9°C—
Sep 6, 2018111 m15.9°C—
Sep 8, 201854 m15.4°C—
Sep 9, 201848 m15.1°C—
Sep 10, 2018254 m14.9°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 21, 2018 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2018 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 22Aug 28, 2018 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 28Sep 5, 2018 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2018 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2018 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 6Sep 8, 2018 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 8Sep 9, 2018 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 9Sep 10, 2018 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 10

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
9
Sightings
20
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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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 10, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 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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