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Monterey Bay

Willy – Residency

20th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Willy
Willy Confirmed in the catalog @6862
Jul 25 – Oct 2, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2022

49 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
69

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 2022556 m14.7°C49 m
Jul 27, 2022106 m14.0°C49 m
Oct 2, 202280 m16.4°C40 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 25, 2022 — seafloor 556 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 27, 2022 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 27Oct 2, 2022 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 2

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

Dives

49 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
31
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
69
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255049 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (556 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 · Jul 25, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
556 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 556 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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