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Monterey Bay

Oregon Sky – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Oregon Sky
Oregon Sky Confirmed in the catalog @372
Nov 6 – 13, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov 2023

40 m
Deepest dive
1:34
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 6, 202381 m14.5°C26 m
Nov 13, 2023120 m14.5°C40 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 6, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Nov 6Nov 13, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Nov 13

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

Dives

40 m
Deepest dive
1:34
Longest dive
17
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
7
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255040 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (120 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 13, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
120 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 120 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km – 14.0 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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