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Monterey Bay

Pacman – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Pacman
Pacman Confirmed in the catalog @6
Apr 26 – Aug 20, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2015

215 m
Deepest dive
8:30
Longest dive
234
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
116

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 26, 2015254 m12.1°C31 m
May 1, 2015254 m13.0°C64 m
May 2, 2015254 m13.0°C42 m
May 3, 2015254 m12.7°C81 m
May 16, 2015254 m12.3°C178 m
May 17, 2015254 m12.0°C39 m
May 20, 2015254 m12.3°C154 m
May 21, 2015254 m12.4°C194 m
May 22, 2015254 m12.9°C215 m
May 26, 2015110 m13.0°C75 m
May 28, 2015129 m12.8°C77 m
May 29, 2015147 m12.7°C53 m
Jun 16, 2015131 m14.4°C109 m
Jul 14, 201569 m17.3°C44 m
Jul 30, 2015130 m16.2°C85 m
Jul 31, 201574 m16.4°C34 m
Aug 1, 201565 m17.5°C57 m
Aug 6, 2015167 m17.6°C50 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 26, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Apr 26May 1, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 2, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)May 3, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)May 16, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 178 m (modelled)May 16May 17, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)May 20, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)May 21, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 194 m (modelled)May 22, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 215 m (modelled)May 22May 26, 2015 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)May 28, 2015 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)May 29, 2015 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2015 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jun 16Jul 14, 2015 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2015 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2015 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2015 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 6, 2015 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2015 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2015 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)

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

Dives

215 m
Deepest dive
8:30
Longest dive
234
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
116
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250215 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · May 22, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 20 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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