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Monterey Bay

Fade – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fade
Fade Confirmed in the catalog @586
Sep 11 – Nov 9, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2018

307 m
Deepest dive
11:19
Longest dive
123
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
59
Deepest dive on record
307 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 11, 2018178 m14.8°C74 m
Sep 13, 201885 m13.9°C39 m
Sep 17, 201855 m12.8°C38 m
Sep 25, 201844 m13.0°C36 m
Sep 26, 2018254 m13.9°C85 m
Sep 29, 2018106 m14.3°C66 m
Sep 29, 2018106 m14.3°C40 m
Oct 2, 2018106 m15.1°C74 m
Oct 4, 2018240 m16.0°C45 m
Nov 9, 2018731 m19.5°C307 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 11, 2018 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 13, 2018 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 17, 2018 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 25, 2018 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2018 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 29, 2018 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 29Sep 29, 2018 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 29Oct 2, 2018 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 4, 2018 — seafloor 240 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 4Nov 9, 2018 — seafloor 731 m (measured), deepest dive 307 m (modelled)Nov 9

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

Dives

307 m
Deepest dive
11:19
Longest dive
123
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
59
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350307 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (731 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 · Nov 9, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
731 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 731 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 19.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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