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Monterey Bay

Bottlenose – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bottlenose
Bottlenose Confirmed in the catalog @488
Aug 12 – Nov 18, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2018

122 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
84
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
98

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 12, 2018998 m14.4°C114 m
Aug 15, 201861 m15.4°C30 m
Aug 21, 201846 m14.7°C39 m
Oct 3, 201874 m16.3°C54 m
Oct 11, 2018102 m15.3°C88 m
Nov 18, 2018726 m18.3°C122 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 12, 2018 — seafloor 998 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 15, 2018 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 21, 2018 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 21Oct 3, 2018 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 11, 2018 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Oct 11Nov 18, 2018 — seafloor 726 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Nov 18

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
84
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
98
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (726 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 · Nov 18, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
726 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 998 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 18.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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