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Monterey Bay

Kickstand – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Kickstand
Kickstand Confirmed in the catalog @3982
Sep 2 – 3, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2020

259 m
Deepest dive
7:25
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 2, 2020584 m—259 m
Sep 3, 2020215 m—74 m
Sep 3, 2020160 m—120 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 2, 2020 — seafloor 584 m (measured), deepest dive 259 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2020 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 3, 2020 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

259 m
Deepest dive
7:25
Longest dive
31
Dives
42 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300259 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (584 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 2, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
584 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
160 m – 584 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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