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Monterey Bay

Fallon – Residency

138th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fallon
Fallon Confirmed in the catalog @4517
Apr 28 – May 6, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2024

178 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
86
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 28, 2024567 m12.8°C178 m
Apr 28, 2024195 m13.1°C61 m
Apr 28, 2024117 m13.1°C73 m
Apr 29, 202472 m13.4°C26 m
May 1, 202450 m13.6°C28 m
May 3, 2024159 m12.3°C35 m
May 3, 2024282 m12.8°C50 m
May 5, 2024567 m11.8°C37 m
May 6, 2024105 m11.8°C89 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 28, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 178 m (modelled)Apr 28Apr 28, 2024 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Apr 28Apr 28, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Apr 28Apr 29, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Apr 29May 1, 2024 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)May 1May 3, 2024 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)May 3May 3, 2024 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)May 3May 5, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)May 5May 6, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)May 6

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

Dives

178 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
86
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200178 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 28, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 13.6°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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