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Monterey Bay

Google – Residency

26th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Google
Google Confirmed in the catalog @67832
Aug 30 – Oct 23, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2021

115 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
330
Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
54
Deepest dive on record
115 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 30, 2021124 m—65 m
Aug 30, 2021133 m—115 m
Sep 1, 2021128 m—112 m
Sep 2, 2021109 m—91 m
Sep 3, 2021406 m—35 m
Sep 4, 2021156 m—81 m
Sep 4, 2021568 m—78 m
Sep 5, 202153 m—28 m
Sep 6, 2021124 m—44 m
Sep 6, 202184 m—38 m
Sep 6, 202150 m—33 m
Sep 7, 2021567 m—113 m
Sep 10, 2021101 m—80 m
Sep 10, 2021153 m—39 m
Sep 11, 202146 m—37 m
Sep 13, 2021567 m—90 m
Oct 2, 202148 m—43 m
Oct 3, 202184 m—72 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 30, 2021 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2021 — seafloor 406 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 568 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2021 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Sep 13Oct 2, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2021 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2021 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2021 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2021 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2021 — seafloor 399 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 23

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

Dives

115 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
330
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
26
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150115 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (133 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 30, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
133 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 568 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 26 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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