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Monterey Bay

Fran - † – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fran - †
Fran - † Confirmed in the catalog @7
Jun 30 – Aug 4, 2012 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2012

66 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 2012109 m13.9°C25 m
Jul 1, 201261 m14.5°C47 m
Jul 18, 2012254 m13.4°C43 m
Aug 4, 20121,418 m15.4°C66 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 30, 2012 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 1, 2012 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 18, 2012 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 4, 2012 — seafloor 1,418 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 4

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

Dives

66 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
45
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
35
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010066 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,418 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 · Aug 4, 2012

measured
Seafloor depth
1,418 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 1,418 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 15.4°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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