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Monterey Bay

Quicksilver – Residency

62nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Quicksilver
Quicksilver Confirmed in the catalog @65183
May 10 – Oct 17, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Oct 2022

161 m
Deepest dive
5:28
Longest dive
454
Dives
Sightings
41
Days between first and last sighting
160

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 10, 202286 m10.8°C64 m
May 19, 2022107 m11.0°C97 m
May 20, 202271 m11.1°C64 m
May 21, 202256 m11.2°C38 m
May 23, 2022567 m11.6°C105 m
May 24, 202272 m11.2°C54 m
May 24, 202272 m11.2°C59 m
May 26, 202259 m11.2°C48 m
May 27, 202274 m12.0°C64 m
May 27, 202273 m12.0°C63 m
May 27, 202266 m12.0°C52 m
May 27, 2022567 m12.0°C74 m
May 31, 2022104 m11.6°C83 m
Jun 2, 2022146 m11.9°C49 m
Jun 2, 202285 m11.9°C58 m
Jul 5, 202264 m14.1°C43 m
Jul 25, 202274 m15.1°C63 m
Aug 3, 202273 m15.8°C54 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 10, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 10May 19, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)May 20, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 21, 2022 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)May 23, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)May 24, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)May 24, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)May 26, 2022 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)May 26May 27, 2022 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 27, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)May 27, 2022 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)May 27, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)May 31, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jun 2, 2022 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 2, 2022 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jun 2Jul 5, 2022 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2022 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2022 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2022 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2022 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2022 — seafloor 316 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2022 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2022 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2022 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2022 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 10, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2022 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2022 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2022 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2022 — seafloor 262 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 161 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2022 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2022 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2022 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2022 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)

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

Dives

161 m
Deepest dive
5:28
Longest dive
454
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
41
Sightings
160
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200161 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 9, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 41 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.8°C – 17.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 41 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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