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Monterey Bay

Avilove – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Avilove
Avilove Confirmed in the catalog @51334
Aug 24 – Sep 24, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2023

110 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
106
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
31

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 24, 2023126 m17.5°C79 m
Aug 26, 2023256 m17.8°C110 m
Aug 27, 2023158 m17.9°C86 m
Aug 28, 2023124 m18.0°C87 m
Aug 29, 202390 m18.2°C73 m
Aug 31, 202386 m18.0°C42 m
Sep 24, 2023124 m16.7°C84 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 24, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 256 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 31, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 24, 2023 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
106
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
31
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (256 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 26, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
256 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.8°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m – 256 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C – 18.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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