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Monterey Bay

Pacman – Residency

49th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Pacman
Pacman Confirmed in the catalog @6
Apr 7 – Jun 22, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Spring in Monterey

Found myself drawn back to these familiar waters, lingering longer than usual.

138 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
78
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 7, 202295 m11.7°C73 m
Apr 7, 2022567 m11.7°C126 m
Apr 23, 2022455 m11.4°C17 m
Apr 27, 2022191 m12.0°C138 m
Jun 18, 202293 m11.4°C60 m
Jun 19, 2022566 m11.7°C54 m
Jun 22, 202278 m11.8°C39 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 7, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 7, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 23, 2022 — seafloor 455 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 27, 2022 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Apr 27Jun 18, 2022 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 19, 2022 — seafloor 566 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 22, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 22

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
78
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
76
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (191 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 27, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 12.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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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