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Monterey Bay

Dancer – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Dancer
Dancer Confirmed in the catalog @44274
Mar 25 – Apr 16, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Apr 2022

106 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
169
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 25, 202255 m—36 m
Mar 31, 202272 m—56 m
Apr 2, 2022106 m—88 m
Apr 2, 202284 m—33 m
Apr 2, 2022118 m—106 m
Apr 5, 202295 m—59 m
Apr 6, 2022426 m—88 m
Apr 6, 202269 m—28 m
Apr 13, 202266 m—57 m
Apr 13, 202272 m—53 m
Apr 15, 202246 m—38 m
Apr 16, 2022567 m—82 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 25, 2022 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Mar 25Mar 31, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Mar 31Apr 2, 2022 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 2, 2022 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 2, 2022 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 6, 2022 — seafloor 426 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 6, 2022 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 13, 2022 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Apr 13Apr 13, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Apr 13Apr 15, 2022 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Apr 15Apr 16, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Apr 16

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
169
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (118 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 · Apr 2, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
118 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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