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Monterey Bay

Walter – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Walter
Walter Confirmed in the catalog @527
Jun 21 – Nov 2, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2018

75 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
134

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 201848 m12.7°C43 m
Jun 22, 201874 m12.6°C61 m
Jun 28, 201889 m13.6°C66 m
Sep 17, 201853 m12.8°C39 m
Sep 30, 201883 m14.8°C75 m
Oct 6, 2018114 m16.1°C54 m
Oct 25, 201838 m15.9°C24 m
Nov 2, 201827 m14.8°C24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 21, 2018 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 22, 2018 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 28, 2018 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 28Sep 17, 2018 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 30, 2018 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 6, 2018 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 25, 2018 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 25Nov 2, 2018 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
63
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
134
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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 30, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 114 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 16.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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