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Monterey Bay

2020-2021 calf of Chin Up – Residency

74th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2020-2021 calf of Chin Up
2020-2021 calf of Chin Up Confirmed in the catalog @68156
Jul 26 – Oct 4, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2024

146 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
70

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 2024567 m16.3°C29 m
Aug 8, 202472 m14.7°C35 m
Aug 16, 202484 m14.5°C35 m
Sep 3, 2024204 m16.1°C146 m
Sep 15, 202472 m14.9°C38 m
Sep 21, 202493 m15.1°C80 m
Oct 4, 2024107 m16.6°C26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 3, 2024 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 21Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 4

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

Dives

146 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
48
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
70
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150146 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (204 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 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
204 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 16.6°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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