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Monterey Bay

Bergie Bits – Residency

38th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bergie Bits
Bergie Bits Confirmed in the catalog @59950
Mar 16 – Oct 6, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Oct 2024

180 m
Deepest dive
7:58
Longest dive
205
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
204

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 16, 2024985 m13.4°C136 m
Apr 24, 2024135 m14.2°C67 m
Apr 25, 2024256 m13.5°C180 m
May 15, 202482 m12.4°C71 m
May 18, 202476 m13.6°C63 m
Jul 23, 202460 m16.8°C23 m
Jul 24, 202449 m16.7°C35 m
Jul 29, 202479 m16.1°C46 m
Jul 30, 202471 m16.3°C63 m
Aug 11, 2024115 m14.5°C83 m
Aug 14, 202468 m14.7°C49 m
Aug 18, 2024202 m14.6°C26 m
Aug 21, 2024274 m14.6°C118 m
Sep 7, 202479 m16.6°C29 m
Sep 8, 202479 m16.5°C56 m
Oct 6, 2024254 m16.4°C52 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 16, 2024 — seafloor 985 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Mar 16Apr 24, 2024 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Apr 25, 2024 — seafloor 256 m (measured), deepest dive 180 m (modelled)May 15, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)May 15May 18, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2024 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 14, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2024 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 7, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2024 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 6

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

Dives

180 m
Deepest dive
7:58
Longest dive
205
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
204
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200180 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (256 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 25, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
256 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 985 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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