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Monterey Bay

Selly – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Selly
Selly Confirmed in the catalog @6889
Apr 7 – Jun 17, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jun 2023

38 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
30
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
71

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 7, 202373 m11.4°C38 m
Apr 8, 202369 m11.6°C33 m
Jun 17, 202352 m14.3°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
Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 8, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 8Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 17

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
30
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
71
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (73 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 · Apr 7, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 73 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 22.0 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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