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Monterey Bay

Buddy – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Buddy
Buddy Confirmed in the catalog @67803
Aug 20 – Sep 24, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2021

218 m
Deepest dive
11:49
Longest dive
150
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 2021767 m—218 m
Aug 29, 202177 m—61 m
Aug 31, 202155 m—42 m
Aug 31, 202153 m—47 m
Aug 31, 2021567 m—140 m
Sep 2, 202188 m—38 m
Sep 3, 202157 m—49 m
Sep 3, 202167 m—43 m
Sep 4, 202160 m—40 m
Sep 4, 202194 m—22 m
Sep 4, 202161 m—30 m
Sep 9, 202176 m—63 m
Sep 24, 202132 m—26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 767 m (measured), deepest dive 218 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 31Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2021 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 3, 2021 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2021 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2021 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

218 m
Deepest dive
11:49
Longest dive
150
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250218 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (767 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 20, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
767 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 767 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 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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