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Monterey Bay

Buccaneer – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Buccaneer
Buccaneer Confirmed in the catalog @67779
Jun 24 – Aug 7, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2024

98 m
Deepest dive
3:58
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
44

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 202468 m—60 m
Jul 20, 20246 m—5 m
Jul 31, 2024-0 m——
Jul 31, 20246 m—5 m
Aug 2, 20247 m—6 m
Aug 3, 202416 m—14 m
Aug 4, 20243 m—3 m
Aug 5, 2024-1 m——
Aug 7, 2024115 m—98 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 24, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 24Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 2, 2024 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2024 — seafloor -1 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Aug 7

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
3:58
Longest dive
70
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
44
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (115 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 7, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
115 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-1 m – 115 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 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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