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Monterey Bay

Fade – Residency

35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fade
Fade Confirmed in the catalog @586
Jul 24 – Oct 24, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2021

138 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
121
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
92

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 202147 m15.5°C39 m
Sep 3, 2021109 m16.6°C73 m
Sep 6, 202199 m17.0°C34 m
Sep 6, 2021101 m16.9°C51 m
Sep 6, 2021101 m16.9°C41 m
Sep 6, 2021103 m16.9°C35 m
Sep 7, 2021567 m17.9°C47 m
Sep 9, 2021435 m18.2°C38 m
Sep 13, 202165 m16.2°C17 m
Sep 14, 202158 m16.2°C30 m
Sep 30, 202127 m14.2°C24 m
Oct 24, 2021467 m16.0°C138 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 24, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 24Sep 3, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 9, 2021 — seafloor 435 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 13, 2021 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 14, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 30, 2021 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 24, 2021 — seafloor 467 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Oct 24

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
121
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
92
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (467 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 · Oct 24, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
467 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 18.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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