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Monterey Bay

McFly – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of McFly
McFly Confirmed in the catalog @69462
Apr 15 – May 29, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2022

47 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
44

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 15, 202267 m—46 m
May 10, 202223 m—20 m
May 11, 202211 m—7 m
May 22, 202222 m—14 m
May 26, 202286 m—47 m
May 29, 202226 m—17 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 15, 2022 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Apr 15May 10, 2022 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)May 10May 11, 2022 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)May 11May 22, 2022 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)May 22May 26, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)May 26May 29, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)May 29

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

Dives

47 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
63
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
44
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255047 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (86 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 · May 26, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
11 m – 86 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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