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Monterey Bay

Sarafinny – Residency

18th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Sarafinny
Sarafinny Confirmed in the catalog @3241
Jul 23 – Oct 4, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2020

71 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 23, 202090 m16.6°C28 m
Jul 24, 202075 m16.7°C57 m
Jul 25, 202085 m16.7°C50 m
Oct 1, 2020100 m16.3°C64 m
Oct 2, 2020101 m16.3°C57 m
Oct 4, 2020109 m16.4°C71 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 23, 2020 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2020 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 25, 2020 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 25Oct 1, 2020 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 2, 2020 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 4, 2020 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 4

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
98
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
73
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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 · Oct 4, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C – 16.7°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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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