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Monterey Bay

San Andrea – Residency

2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of San Andrea
San Andrea Confirmed in the catalog @3390
May 21 – Jun 6, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Jun 2015

62 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
16

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 21, 2015254 m12.4°C62 m
Jun 6, 201594 m11.7°C59 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 21, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)May 21Jun 6, 2015 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 6

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
21
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
16
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 21, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 12.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 37.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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