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Monterey Bay

Pacman – Residency

35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Pacman
Pacman Confirmed in the catalog @6
Jul 16 – Oct 3, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2017

88 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
110
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 16, 201752 m12.8°C36 m
Aug 3, 2017298 m14.7°C88 m
Aug 12, 2017177 m14.6°C48 m
Aug 14, 2017315 m15.1°C77 m
Aug 17, 2017189 m15.4°C88 m
Aug 18, 2017225 m15.4°C41 m
Aug 19, 2017189 m15.5°C47 m
Aug 29, 201752 m15.5°C47 m
Oct 1, 2017157 m13.4°C82 m
Oct 3, 2017292 m13.8°C62 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 16, 2017 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 3, 2017 — seafloor 298 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 12, 2017 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 14, 2017 — seafloor 315 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 17, 2017 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 18, 2017 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2017 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 29, 2017 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 29Oct 1, 2017 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 3, 2017 — seafloor 292 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 3

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
110
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
79
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (298 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 · Aug 3, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
298 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 315 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 15.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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