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Monterey Bay

Baron – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Baron
Baron Confirmed in the catalog @3926
Sep 16 – Nov 13, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2023

143 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
58

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 16, 202380 m—64 m
Nov 11, 2023169 m—24 m
Nov 12, 2023387 m—143 m
Nov 13, 2023120 m—106 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 16, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 16Nov 11, 2023 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Nov 11Nov 12, 2023 — seafloor 387 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Nov 12Nov 13, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Nov 13

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

Dives

143 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
50
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
58
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150143 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (387 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 12, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
387 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 387 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 35.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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