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Monterey Bay

Fran - † – Residency

14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fran - †
Fran - † Confirmed in the catalog @7
Jun 10 – Nov 7, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2015

140 m
Deepest dive
6:32
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
150

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 10, 201569 m14.1°C45 m
Jul 21, 201573 m16.3°C57 m
Jul 31, 201566 m16.4°C19 m
Aug 18, 2015567 m18.3°C47 m
Nov 7, 2015567 m16.0°C140 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 10, 2015 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 10Jul 21, 2015 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 31, 2015 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 18, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 18Nov 7, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Nov 7

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

Dives

140 m
Deepest dive
6:32
Longest dive
50
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
150
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150140 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Nov 7, 2015

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

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C – 18.3°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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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