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Monterey Bay

Picasso – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Picasso
Picasso Confirmed in the catalog @4190
Oct 16 – 22, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2021

114 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
75
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
6
Deepest dive on record
114 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 16, 2021250 m—62 m
Oct 16, 2021259 m—105 m
Oct 16, 202170 m—48 m
Oct 16, 2021274 m—114 m
Oct 17, 2021398 m—73 m
Oct 19, 202194 m—81 m
Oct 19, 202188 m—80 m
Oct 22, 2021813 m—72 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 16, 2021 — seafloor 250 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 259 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 398 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 19, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 19, 2021 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 22, 2021 — seafloor 813 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 22

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

Dives

114 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
75
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
6
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150114 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (274 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 16, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
274 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m – 813 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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