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Monterey Bay

Walter – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Walter
Walter Confirmed in the catalog @527
Sep 1 – Nov 9, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2017

69 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
69

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 1, 2017163 m16.4°C32 m
Sep 4, 201716 m16.7°C14 m
Sep 25, 2017103 m16.0°C69 m
Nov 9, 2017567 m13.8°C21 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 4, 2017 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 25, 2017 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 25Nov 9, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Nov 9

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

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
42
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
69
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (103 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 25, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 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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