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Monterey Bay

Right Eye – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Right Eye
Right Eye Confirmed in the catalog @606
Jul 24 – Sep 28, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2020

127 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
60
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
66

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 202084 m16.7°C69 m
Jul 26, 202090 m16.6°C50 m
Aug 6, 202087 m15.3°C72 m
Sep 27, 202092 m15.9°C61 m
Sep 28, 2020162 m16.1°C127 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 24, 2020 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 26, 2020 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 6, 2020 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 6Sep 27, 2020 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2020 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Sep 28

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

Dives

127 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
60
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
66
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150127 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (162 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 28, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
162 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.1°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 162 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 16.7°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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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