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Monterey Bay

Avilove – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Avilove
Avilove Confirmed in the catalog @51334
May 22 – Aug 21, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Aug 2021

110 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
198
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 22, 202133 m12.5°C30 m
May 22, 202157 m11.9°C42 m
May 22, 202155 m12.0°C38 m
Aug 8, 202194 m16.3°C75 m
Aug 14, 202175 m16.0°C51 m
Aug 16, 2021155 m16.2°C92 m
Aug 16, 202162 m16.2°C51 m
Aug 18, 202157 m16.5°C41 m
Aug 19, 2021120 m16.3°C110 m
Aug 19, 2021152 m16.3°C48 m
Aug 20, 2021101 m16.2°C71 m
Aug 21, 2021152 m16.1°C107 m
Aug 21, 202195 m16.1°C47 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 22, 2021 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)May 22May 22, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)May 22, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 14, 2021 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 18, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2021 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2021 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
198
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
91
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (120 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 · Aug 19, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
120 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 155 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 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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