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Monterey Bay

Chromosome – Residency

35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Chromosome
Chromosome Confirmed in the catalog @701
Aug 31 – Sep 7, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2022

88 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 202296 m16.5°C88 m
Sep 7, 202284 m16.8°C17 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 7, 2022 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
23
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
7
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 31, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
13.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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