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Monterey Bay

Buddy – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Buddy
Buddy Confirmed in the catalog @67803
Aug 5 – Sep 28, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2022

88 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 5, 202280 m—53 m
Aug 6, 202282 m—65 m
Sep 25, 2022110 m—88 m
Sep 28, 202292 m—48 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 5, 2022 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 6Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 28

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
34
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
54
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (110 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 · Sep 25, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 110 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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