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Monterey Bay

Kickstand – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Kickstand
Kickstand Confirmed in the catalog @3982
Nov 14 – 28, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov 2021

106 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 14, 202170 m—43 m
Nov 14, 202159 m—54 m
Nov 15, 2021375 m—100 m
Nov 26, 2021140 m—106 m
Nov 28, 202179 m—60 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 14, 2021 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Nov 14Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 14Nov 15, 2021 — seafloor 375 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Nov 15Nov 26, 2021 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Nov 26Nov 28, 2021 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Nov 28

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
52
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
14
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (140 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 26, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
140 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 375 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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