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Monterey Bay

Walter – Residency

26th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Walter
Walter Confirmed in the catalog @527
May 24 – Jul 31, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Jul 2019

98 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
57
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
68

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 24, 201992 m13.7°C84 m
May 25, 201997 m13.5°C80 m
May 27, 2019309 m14.5°C98 m
May 28, 2019254 m14.6°C93 m
Jun 2, 201993 m13.4°C51 m
Jun 14, 201990 m14.2°C59 m
Jul 31, 201956 m14.6°C41 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 24, 2019 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)May 24May 25, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)May 25May 27, 2019 — seafloor 309 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)May 27May 28, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)May 28Jun 2, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jun 2Jun 14, 2019 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 14Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
57
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
68
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (309 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 · May 27, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
309 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 309 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 14.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 14.0 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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