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Monterey Bay

Grey Wind – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Grey Wind
Grey Wind Confirmed in the catalog @66975
Jun 26 – Dec 11, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Dec 2021

96 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
349
Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
168

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 26, 202139 m15.5°C31 m
Aug 12, 2021141 m16.2°C94 m
Aug 13, 202137 m16.3°C32 m
Aug 14, 2021103 m16.0°C90 m
Aug 15, 202154 m16.0°C25 m
Aug 17, 2021118 m16.3°C96 m
Aug 17, 2021165 m16.3°C66 m
Aug 17, 2021352 m16.2°C88 m
Aug 20, 202144 m16.2°C36 m
Aug 30, 202158 m17.2°C53 m
Aug 31, 202154 m17.3°C42 m
Nov 5, 202192 m15.1°C70 m
Nov 5, 202198 m15.1°C58 m
Nov 6, 202145 m15.0°C41 m
Nov 14, 202166 m14.9°C32 m
Nov 14, 202171 m15.0°C57 m
Nov 21, 202129 m13.9°C25 m
Dec 3, 202193 m13.5°C62 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 26, 2021 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 26Aug 12, 2021 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2021 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2021 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 352 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 31Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Nov 6, 2021 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Nov 14Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Dec 3, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Dec 5, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Dec 5Dec 6, 2021 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Dec 7, 2021 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Dec 10, 2021 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Dec 11

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
349
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
26
Sightings
168
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (118 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 · Aug 17, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
118 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 17.3°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 26 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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