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Monterey Bay

Fran - † – Residency

126th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fran - †
Fran - † Confirmed in the catalog @7
Jun 20 – Oct 17, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2020

149 m
Deepest dive
5:07
Longest dive
346
Dives
Sightings
32
Days between first and last sighting
119

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 20202,427 m13.9°C37 m
Jun 23, 202072 m14.7°C42 m
Jun 29, 202083 m15.2°C59 m
Jul 2, 2020391 m15.6°C128 m
Jul 4, 2020567 m15.6°C136 m
Jul 12, 202077 m13.4°C30 m
Jul 13, 2020567 m13.8°C47 m
Jul 14, 2020567 m14.0°C50 m
Jul 24, 202090 m16.5°C30 m
Jul 27, 2020567 m16.6°C149 m
Jul 28, 202081 m16.4°C56 m
Aug 1, 202077 m15.3°C61 m
Aug 2, 202076 m15.1°C59 m
Aug 4, 202036 m15.4°C32 m
Aug 11, 2020103 m16.9°C88 m
Aug 12, 2020227 m16.7°C109 m
Aug 14, 202023 m17.6°C21 m
Aug 15, 2020124 m17.8°C38 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 20, 2020 — seafloor 2,427 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 23, 2020 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2020 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2020 — seafloor 391 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2020 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 14, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2020 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2020 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2020 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2020 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 4, 2020 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2020 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2020 — seafloor 227 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2020 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2020 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2020 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 21, 2020 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2020 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2020 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2020 — seafloor 232 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2020 — seafloor 294 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 4, 2020 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2020 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2020 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2020 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2020 — seafloor 277 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 17, 2020 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)

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

Dives

149 m
Deepest dive
5:07
Longest dive
346
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
32
Sightings
119
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150149 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 27, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 32 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 2,427 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 17.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 25.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 32 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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