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Monterey Bay

Fade – Residency

42nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fade
Fade Confirmed in the catalog @586
Sep 9 – 22, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2024

74 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
37
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 9, 2024715 m15.7°C74 m
Sep 22, 202480 m15.5°C53 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 9, 2024 — seafloor 715 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 22, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
37
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (715 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 9, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
715 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 715 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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