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Monterey Bay

Whalerina – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Whalerina
Whalerina Confirmed in the catalog @56041
Apr 24 – May 6, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2022

117 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 24, 2022567 m—90 m
May 5, 20221,118 m—117 m
May 6, 2022567 m—91 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 24, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Apr 24May 5, 2022 — seafloor 1,118 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)May 5May 6, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)May 6

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

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
47
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,118 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 5, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
1,118 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m – 1,118 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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