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Monterey Bay

Fallon – Residency

93rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fallon
Fallon Confirmed in the catalog @4517
May 22 – Sep 23, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2021

145 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
117
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
124

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 22, 202154 m12.3°C49 m
May 26, 202161 m12.0°C37 m
Jun 13, 2021201 m13.4°C74 m
Sep 10, 2021226 m17.9°C145 m
Sep 10, 2021202 m17.9°C140 m
Sep 11, 2021274 m17.5°C57 m
Sep 17, 202194 m16.1°C42 m
Sep 20, 2021188 m15.8°C49 m
Sep 23, 2021567 m16.5°C25 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 22, 2021 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)May 22May 26, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)May 26Jun 13, 2021 — seafloor 201 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 13Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 11, 2021 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 17, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 20, 2021 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 23, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
117
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
124
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (226 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 · Sep 10, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
226 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.9°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 17.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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