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Monterey Bay

Sarafinny – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Sarafinny
Sarafinny Confirmed in the catalog @3241
Mar 19 – Apr 25, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Apr 2018

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
37

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 19, 201861 m12.2°C—
Mar 27, 201868 m12.8°C—
Mar 28, 201827 m12.8°C—
Apr 1, 201851 m13.7°C—
Apr 6, 201866 m13.2°C—
Apr 7, 201862 m13.4°C—
Apr 14, 201893 m13.4°C—
Apr 25, 201875 m13.2°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 19, 2018 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 19Mar 27, 2018 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 27Mar 28, 2018 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 28Apr 1, 2018 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 1Apr 6, 2018 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 6Apr 7, 2018 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 7Apr 14, 2018 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 14Apr 25, 2018 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 25

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
8
Sightings
37
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 · Apr 25, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 93 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 13.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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