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Monterey Bay

Jolly Roger – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Jolly Roger
Jolly Roger Confirmed in the catalog @3377
May 7 – 27, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2023

94 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 7, 2023485 m—94 m
May 13, 202342 m—32 m
May 13, 202344 m—29 m
May 27, 202378 m—39 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 7, 2023 — seafloor 485 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)May 7May 13, 2023 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)May 13May 13, 2023 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)May 13May 27, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)May 27

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
50
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
20
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (485 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 · May 7, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
485 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 485 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 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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