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Monterey Bay

San Andrea – Residency

69th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of San Andrea
San Andrea Confirmed in the catalog @3390
May 18 – Nov 2, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Nov 2024

94 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
93
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
168

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 202480 m13.4°C55 m
May 19, 2024135 m12.9°C93 m
Aug 10, 2024111 m13.6°C65 m
Aug 10, 2024107 m13.9°C24 m
Aug 22, 2024107 m13.9°C78 m
Oct 3, 202414 m16.5°C12 m
Nov 2, 2024567 m13.1°C94 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 18, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)May 18May 19, 2024 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)May 19Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 22Oct 3, 2024 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Oct 3Nov 2, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
93
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
168
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Nov 2, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
14 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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