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Monterey Bay

Sarafinny – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Sarafinny
Sarafinny Confirmed in the catalog @3241
Apr 5 – May 1, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2022

168 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
119
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 5, 2022104 m11.0°C72 m
Apr 5, 202290 m11.2°C31 m
Apr 5, 202289 m11.3°C53 m
Apr 5, 202237 m11.4°C33 m
Apr 5, 2022276 m11.6°C124 m
Apr 5, 2022567 m10.9°C28 m
Apr 8, 2022229 m13.0°C147 m
Apr 14, 202227 m—20 m
Apr 23, 202288 m11.6°C27 m
Apr 27, 2022191 m12.0°C168 m
May 1, 2022100 m11.0°C72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 8, 2022 — seafloor 229 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Apr 8Apr 14, 2022 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Apr 14Apr 23, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 27, 2022 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 168 m (modelled)Apr 27May 1, 2022 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)May 1

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

Dives

168 m
Deepest dive
4:43
Longest dive
119
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
26
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200168 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (191 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 · Apr 27, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 13.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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