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Monterey Bay

Fran - † – Residency

94th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fran - †
Fran - † Confirmed in the catalog @7
Jun 2 – Oct 26, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2019

205 m
Deepest dive
7:33
Longest dive
564
Dives
Sightings
48
Days between first and last sighting
146

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 2, 201993 m13.4°C49 m
Jun 3, 2019254 m13.6°C205 m
Jun 4, 2019145 m13.7°C47 m
Jun 6, 201946 m12.7°C38 m
Jun 18, 2019154 m14.2°C22 m
Jun 30, 201984 m15.0°C45 m
Jul 1, 2019287 m13.8°C107 m
Jul 2, 201975 m13.5°C65 m
Jul 3, 201979 m13.5°C72 m
Jul 4, 201972 m13.2°C65 m
Jul 5, 201997 m13.3°C25 m
Jul 6, 2019116 m13.3°C61 m
Jul 8, 201976 m13.3°C51 m
Jul 9, 201998 m13.3°C54 m
Jul 10, 201979 m13.2°C65 m
Jul 11, 201973 m13.2°C61 m
Jul 12, 201974 m13.0°C65 m
Jul 13, 201952 m12.7°C35 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 2, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 2Jun 3, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 205 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2019 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 6, 2019 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 18, 2019 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2019 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2019 — seafloor 287 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2019 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 4, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2019 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2019 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2019 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2019 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2019 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2019 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2019 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2019 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 26, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2019 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 9, 2019 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2019 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2019 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2019 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2019 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 4, 2019 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2019 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2019 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2019 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2019 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2019 — seafloor 383 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)

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

Dives

205 m
Deepest dive
7:33
Longest dive
564
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
48
Sightings
146
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250205 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 · Jun 3, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 48 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
19 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 16.2°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 48 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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