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Monterey Bay

Tornado – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Tornado
Tornado Confirmed in the catalog @41687
Oct 30 – Dec 18, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2022

55 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 30, 202292 m13.8°C55 m
Dec 17, 202259 m12.6°C39 m
Dec 18, 202268 m12.4°C55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 30, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 30Dec 17, 2022 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Dec 17Dec 18, 2022 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Dec 18

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
42
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
49
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (92 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 · Oct 30, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 92 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 13.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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