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Monterey Bay

Southern Cross – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Southern Cross
Southern Cross Confirmed in the catalog @7054
Sep 4 – 6, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2022

142 m
Deepest dive
5:59
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3
Deepest dive on record
142 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 4, 20221,270 m—137 m
Sep 5, 2022567 m—123 m
Sep 6, 2022567 m—142 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 4, 2022 — seafloor 1,270 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 5, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Sep 6

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

Dives

142 m
Deepest dive
5:59
Longest dive
38
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150142 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 6, 2022

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

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m – 1,270 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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