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Monterey Bay

Piranha – Residency

5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Piranha
Piranha Confirmed in the catalog @44023
Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2022

105 m
Deepest dive
4:15
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 28, 2022105 m—49 m
Jul 29, 202261 m—36 m
Jul 31, 20222,989 m—105 m
Aug 3, 2022116 m—85 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 28, 2022 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2022 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2022 — seafloor 2,989 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 3

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

Dives

105 m
Deepest dive
4:15
Longest dive
43
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
6
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150105 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (2,989 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 · Jul 31, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
2,989 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
50.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 2,989 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 50.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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