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Monterey Bay

Galaxy – Residency

53rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Galaxy
Galaxy Confirmed in the catalog @686
Aug 19 – Nov 8, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2019

254 m
Deepest dive
8:05
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
81
Deepest dive on record
254 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 2019128 m16.1°C47 m
Aug 20, 2019102 m16.1°C44 m
Aug 24, 2019469 m15.5°C254 m
Aug 25, 2019323 m15.7°C183 m
Aug 29, 201975 m16.0°C58 m
Sep 7, 2019567 m14.9°C140 m
Oct 13, 201981 m14.4°C74 m
Nov 8, 2019282 m14.9°C61 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 19, 2019 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2019 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 24, 2019 — seafloor 469 m (measured), deepest dive 254 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2019 — seafloor 323 m (measured), deepest dive 183 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 29, 2019 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 7, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Sep 7Oct 13, 2019 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Oct 13Nov 8, 2019 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Nov 8

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

Dives

254 m
Deepest dive
8:05
Longest dive
77
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
81
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300254 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (469 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 24, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
469 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 16.1°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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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