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Monterey Bay

Beulah Balbricker – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Beulah Balbricker
Beulah Balbricker Confirmed in the catalog @537
Jul 14 – Aug 11, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2020

63 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 14, 202068 m13.8°C34 m
Aug 11, 202076 m16.7°C63 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 14, 2020 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 14Aug 11, 2020 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 11

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

Dives

63 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
43
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
28
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010063 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (76 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 11, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 76 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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