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Monterey Bay

Willy II – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Willy II
Willy II Confirmed in the catalog @4627
Aug 5 – Oct 10, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2017

186 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
289
Dives
Sightings
23
Days between first and last sighting
66

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 5, 2017264 m15.6°C186 m
Aug 10, 2017246 m14.9°C71 m
Aug 11, 2017252 m14.7°C49 m
Aug 13, 201779 m14.7°C70 m
Aug 14, 2017315 m15.1°C169 m
Aug 17, 2017202 m15.4°C33 m
Aug 18, 2017232 m15.4°C65 m
Aug 20, 2017183 m15.9°C137 m
Aug 21, 2017164 m16.5°C40 m
Aug 23, 2017146 m16.1°C42 m
Aug 26, 2017128 m15.7°C60 m
Aug 28, 2017567 m15.9°C80 m
Sep 1, 2017115 m16.3°C61 m
Sep 3, 2017122 m16.6°C112 m
Sep 12, 2017145 m17.8°C43 m
Sep 14, 2017254 m17.6°C145 m
Sep 16, 2017176 m17.1°C61 m
Sep 17, 20171,465 m17.4°C155 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 5, 2017 — seafloor 264 m (measured), deepest dive 186 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 10, 2017 — seafloor 246 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2017 — seafloor 252 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2017 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2017 — seafloor 315 m (measured), deepest dive 169 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 17, 2017 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2017 — seafloor 232 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2017 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2017 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 23, 2017 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2017 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 3, 2017 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2017 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2017 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2017 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2017 — seafloor 1,465 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2017 — seafloor 447 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2017 — seafloor 293 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2017 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 3, 2017 — seafloor 359 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2017 — seafloor 253 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)

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

Dives

186 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
289
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
23
Sightings
66
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200186 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (264 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 5, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
264 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 23 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
79 m – 1,465 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 17.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 22.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 23 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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