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Monterey Bay

Pacman – Residency

42nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Pacman
Pacman Confirmed in the catalog @6
Jun 23 – Sep 23, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2020

71 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
92

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 23, 202039 m15.2°C30 m
Jun 25, 202089 m15.2°C36 m
Sep 17, 2020158 m15.2°C67 m
Sep 18, 202056 m15.2°C36 m
Sep 19, 202058 m15.3°C50 m
Sep 21, 202087 m15.4°C63 m
Sep 23, 202098 m15.6°C71 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 23, 2020 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 25, 2020 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 25Sep 17, 2020 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 18, 2020 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 19, 2020 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 21, 2020 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 23, 2020 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
69
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
92
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 · Sep 23, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 158 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 15.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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