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Monterey Bay

Oregon Sky – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Oregon Sky
Oregon Sky Confirmed in the catalog @372
Aug 13 – Sep 2, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2017

99 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
80
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 13, 2017205 m14.7°C68 m
Aug 14, 2017314 m15.1°C73 m
Aug 20, 2017183 m15.9°C77 m
Aug 21, 2017170 m16.6°C99 m
Aug 22, 2017123 m16.6°C55 m
Aug 26, 2017137 m15.7°C14 m
Sep 2, 2017212 m16.6°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 13, 2017 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 14, 2017 — seafloor 314 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 20, 2017 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2017 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2017 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 26, 2017 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 2, 2017 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 2

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

Dives

99 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
80
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
20
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010099 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (170 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 · Aug 21, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
170 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
123 m – 314 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 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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