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Monterey Bay

Chromosome – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Chromosome
Chromosome Confirmed in the catalog @701
Jul 25 – Sep 26, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2020

160 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 2020236 m16.6°C75 m
Sep 20, 2020567 m14.8°C160 m
Sep 22, 2020317 m15.3°C40 m
Sep 23, 202096 m15.5°C78 m
Sep 26, 202064 m16.0°C27 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 25, 2020 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jul 25Sep 20, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 22, 2020 — seafloor 317 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2020 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 26, 2020 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 26

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
90
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
63
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 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 · Sep 20, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 16.6°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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