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Monterey Bay

Manta – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Manta
Manta Confirmed in the catalog @354
Oct 22 – Nov 26, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Nov 2024

85 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 22, 202497 m14.5°C61 m
Nov 4, 202464 m13.3°C47 m
Nov 26, 2024115 m12.9°C85 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Oct 22Nov 4, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 26, 2024 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Nov 26

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
59
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (115 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 26, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
115 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 115 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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