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Monterey Bay

Polaris – Residency

66th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Polaris
Polaris Confirmed in the catalog @66169
Mar 6 – Nov 4, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Nov 2022

217 m
Deepest dive
8:45
Longest dive
249
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
243

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 6, 2022567 m10.7°C113 m
Apr 2, 202282 m11.7°C68 m
Apr 3, 202283 m11.3°C32 m
Apr 3, 202272 m11.3°C51 m
Apr 9, 2022567 m12.9°C217 m
Apr 15, 202246 m9.9°C20 m
Apr 16, 2022567 m10.6°C105 m
May 28, 202268 m11.9°C37 m
May 28, 202229 m11.9°C26 m
Jul 22, 202285 m14.9°C70 m
Jul 23, 202279 m14.9°C61 m
Aug 30, 2022567 m16.1°C132 m
Sep 5, 202280 m17.0°C22 m
Sep 6, 202278 m16.7°C53 m
Oct 8, 2022116 m15.4°C29 m
Oct 8, 2022567 m15.7°C26 m
Oct 11, 202292 m15.1°C57 m
Oct 24, 2022567 m13.6°C60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 6, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Mar 6Apr 2, 2022 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2022 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Apr 9, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 217 m (modelled)Apr 9Apr 15, 2022 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Apr 16, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)May 28, 2022 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)May 28, 2022 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)May 28Jul 22, 2022 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2022 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2022 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2022 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 11, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 11Oct 24, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2022 — seafloor 303 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 4, 2022 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)

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

Dives

217 m
Deepest dive
8:45
Longest dive
249
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
243
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250217 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

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

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Place

Where this happened · Apr 9, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.9°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 22 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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