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Monterey Bay

Kippy Kipster – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Kippy Kipster
Kippy Kipster Confirmed in the catalog @3799
Sep 19 – Oct 4, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2020

103 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
113
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 19, 2020567 m—41 m
Sep 21, 2020157 m—103 m
Sep 22, 2020262 m—27 m
Sep 23, 2020100 m—48 m
Sep 24, 2020310 m—87 m
Sep 26, 2020294 m—102 m
Sep 28, 2020226 m—58 m
Oct 1, 2020100 m—81 m
Oct 2, 2020101 m—16 m
Oct 4, 2020113 m—39 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 19, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 21, 2020 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 22, 2020 — seafloor 262 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2020 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 24, 2020 — seafloor 310 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 26, 2020 — seafloor 294 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 28, 2020 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 1, 2020 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 2, 2020 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 4, 2020 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 4

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
113
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
15
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (157 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 21, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
157 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
100 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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