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Monterey Bay

Rocman – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Rocman
Rocman Confirmed in the catalog @45592
Sep 3 – Oct 1, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2022

189 m
Deepest dive
7:37
Longest dive
106
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
28
Deepest dive on record
189 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 3, 2022567 m—189 m
Sep 4, 20221,360 m—136 m
Sep 21, 2022148 m—120 m
Sep 23, 2022254 m—149 m
Sep 24, 2022150 m—19 m
Sep 25, 202285 m—74 m
Oct 1, 202286 m—67 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 3, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 189 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 4, 2022 — seafloor 1,360 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 21, 2022 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 23, 2022 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 25Oct 1, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 1

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

Dives

189 m
Deepest dive
7:37
Longest dive
106
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
28
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200189 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 · Sep 3, 2022

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

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m – 1,360 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 23.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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