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Monterey Bay

Fade – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fade
Fade Confirmed in the catalog @586
Sep 13 – Oct 21, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2023

227 m
Deepest dive
6:53
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 13, 2023268 m15.7°C81 m
Sep 24, 2023252 m16.7°C227 m
Oct 9, 202380 m16.7°C72 m
Oct 14, 202382 m15.5°C57 m
Oct 21, 202384 m16.4°C70 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 268 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 24, 2023 — seafloor 252 m (measured), deepest dive 227 m (modelled)Sep 24Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 14, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 21, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 21

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

Dives

227 m
Deepest dive
6:53
Longest dive
90
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250227 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (252 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 · Sep 24, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
252 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 268 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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