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Monterey Bay

Mushu – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Mushu
Mushu Confirmed in the catalog @7082
Jul 20 – 27, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2023

113 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 202365 m—49 m
Jul 23, 2023567 m—113 m
Jul 24, 202343 m—31 m
Jul 24, 2023258 m—67 m
Jul 26, 2023567 m—109 m
Jul 27, 202385 m—62 m
Jul 27, 202349 m—38 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 20, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 258 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 27, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 27

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
77
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
7
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 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 · Jul 23, 2023

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

Across the residency · 7 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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