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Monterey Bay

Bergie Bits – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bergie Bits
Bergie Bits Confirmed in the catalog @59950
Oct 9 – Dec 3, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2023

189 m
Deepest dive
7:32
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
55
Deepest dive on record
189 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 9, 2023233 m16.5°C131 m
Oct 27, 202393 m14.8°C76 m
Nov 2, 202385 m15.3°C70 m
Nov 3, 202373 m14.7°C58 m
Dec 2, 2023117 m13.8°C29 m
Dec 3, 2023567 m14.2°C189 m
Dec 3, 2023286 m13.9°C63 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 233 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 27, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 27Nov 2, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Nov 2Nov 3, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Nov 3Dec 2, 2023 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Dec 2Dec 3, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 189 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 3, 2023 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Dec 3

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

Dives

189 m
Deepest dive
7:32
Longest dive
55
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
55
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200189 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 · Dec 3, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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