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Monterey Bay

Rastrillos – Residency

34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Rastrillos
Rastrillos Confirmed in the catalog @65241
May 25 – Dec 5, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Dec 2021

132 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
354
Dives
Sightings
34
Days between first and last sighting
194

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 25, 202117 m13.0°C15 m
Jun 21, 2021567 m15.0°C41 m
Aug 1, 202163 m16.8°C54 m
Aug 6, 202187 m16.9°C43 m
Aug 21, 2021277 m16.1°C53 m
Aug 21, 2021172 m16.1°C75 m
Aug 22, 202132 m16.0°C26 m
Aug 28, 2021121 m16.8°C50 m
Sep 4, 202194 m16.7°C55 m
Sep 4, 2021568 m16.5°C73 m
Sep 7, 202138 m18.3°C34 m
Sep 9, 202197 m18.5°C87 m
Sep 13, 2021156 m16.5°C132 m
Sep 13, 20211,215 m16.2°C22 m
Sep 17, 2021100 m16.3°C92 m
Sep 20, 2021283 m16.0°C22 m
Sep 20, 2021154 m16.0°C78 m
Sep 21, 2021100 m16.4°C19 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 25, 2021 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)May 25Jun 21, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2021 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2021 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 277 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2021 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 568 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2021 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2021 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 13, 2021 — seafloor 1,215 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2021 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2021 — seafloor 283 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2021 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2021 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 22Oct 13, 2021 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2021 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2021 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2021 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2021 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Nov 11, 2021 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 11Nov 12, 2021 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 13, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 20Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2021 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Dec 5, 2021 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)

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

Dives

132 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
354
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
34
Sightings
194
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150132 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (156 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 13, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
156 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 34 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 1,215 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 18.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 34 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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