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Monterey Bay

Bergie Bits – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bergie Bits
Bergie Bits Confirmed in the catalog @59950
Apr 2 – 27, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr 2023

54 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 2, 202388 m12.1°C54 m
Apr 26, 202379 m11.3°C25 m
Apr 27, 2023125 m11.2°C37 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 2, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 26, 2023 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Apr 26Apr 27, 2023 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Apr 27

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

Dives

54 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
21
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
25
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010054 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 · Apr 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
79 m – 125 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C – 12.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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