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Monterey Bay

Beulah Balbricker – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Beulah Balbricker
Beulah Balbricker Confirmed in the catalog @537
Mar 15 – Aug 1, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Aug 2019

154 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
143
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
139

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 15, 2019124 m13.3°C86 m
Mar 28, 2019158 m13.5°C49 m
Apr 3, 2019188 m13.6°C33 m
Apr 24, 2019138 m12.0°C103 m
Apr 28, 2019156 m13.2°C70 m
Apr 29, 201969 m13.2°C61 m
May 2, 201974 m13.7°C56 m
May 4, 201953 m14.3°C35 m
May 4, 2019254 m14.2°C154 m
May 5, 201959 m13.9°C28 m
Jun 19, 201927 m14.4°C24 m
Jul 14, 201959 m12.8°C44 m
Jul 31, 201956 m14.6°C49 m
Aug 1, 2019128 m14.8°C50 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 15, 2019 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Mar 15Mar 28, 2019 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2019 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 24, 2019 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Apr 24Apr 28, 2019 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Apr 29, 2019 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 2, 2019 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)May 2May 4, 2019 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)May 4, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)May 5, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)May 5Jun 19, 2019 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)

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

Dives

154 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
143
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
139
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200154 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · May 4, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 14.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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