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Monterey Bay

San Andrea – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of San Andrea
San Andrea Confirmed in the catalog @3390
Sep 27 – Dec 21, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Dec 2017

157 m
Deepest dive
6:52
Longest dive
145
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
85

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 27, 2017414 m15.8°C157 m
Oct 5, 2017426 m13.7°C136 m
Oct 22, 201761 m13.8°C46 m
Oct 24, 2017133 m13.7°C46 m
Oct 31, 201772 m13.8°C54 m
Nov 24, 2017495 m16.0°C129 m
Dec 3, 2017567 m14.1°C85 m
Dec 21, 2017690 m13.3°C89 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 27, 2017 — seafloor 414 m (measured), deepest dive 157 m (modelled)Sep 27Oct 5, 2017 — seafloor 426 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 22, 2017 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 22Oct 24, 2017 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 24Oct 31, 2017 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 24, 2017 — seafloor 495 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Nov 24Dec 3, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 21, 2017 — seafloor 690 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Dec 21

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

Dives

157 m
Deepest dive
6:52
Longest dive
145
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
85
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200157 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (414 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 · Sep 27, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
414 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 690 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C – 16.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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