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Monterey Bay

Walter – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Walter
Walter Confirmed in the catalog @527
Aug 1 – 5, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug 2015

100 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 1, 201563 m17.5°C46 m
Aug 3, 201535 m17.7°C32 m
Aug 5, 2015209 m17.7°C100 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 1, 2015 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2015 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 5, 2015 — seafloor 209 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Aug 5

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
27
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (209 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 5, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
209 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 209 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.5°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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