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Monterey Bay

Enigma – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Enigma
Enigma Confirmed in the catalog @654
Jul 24 – Aug 22, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2024

142 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2024567 m—142 m
Jul 26, 202445 m—33 m
Aug 22, 20241,039 m—116 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, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 22, 2024 — seafloor 1,039 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Aug 22

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

Dives

142 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
29
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150142 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Jul 24, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 1,039 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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