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Monterey Bay

Finlay – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Finlay
Finlay Confirmed in the catalog @59909
Apr 17 – May 30, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2022

72 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 17, 202284 m—47 m
May 23, 2022190 m—55 m
May 26, 202278 m—65 m
May 29, 2022567 m—72 m
May 30, 202275 m—56 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 17, 2022 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Apr 17May 23, 2022 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)May 23May 26, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)May 26May 29, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)May 29May 30, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)May 30

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
39
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
43
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 29, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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