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Monterey Bay

Casper – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Casper
Casper Confirmed in the catalog @4642
Jul 30 – Sep 1, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2017

136 m
Deepest dive
5:32
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
33

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 30, 2017499 m14.3°C15 m
Aug 2, 2017100 m14.8°C72 m
Aug 27, 201799 m16.2°C21 m
Sep 1, 2017156 m16.4°C136 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 30, 2017 — seafloor 499 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 2, 2017 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 27, 2017 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

136 m
Deepest dive
5:32
Longest dive
35
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
33
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150136 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (156 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 1, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
156 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
99 m – 499 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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