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Monterey Bay

Hopper – Residency

83rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Hopper
Hopper Confirmed in the catalog @7100
Apr 11 – Sep 10, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2019

87 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
72
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
152

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 11, 2019567 m12.4°C—
Apr 25, 2019320 m12.7°C—
May 30, 2019254 m13.6°C—
Jun 25, 2019168 m15.9°C—
Jun 25, 201979 m15.9°C—
Jul 23, 2019613 m15.1°C—
Sep 2, 2019109 m15.9°C79 m
Sep 3, 201976 m15.7°C37 m
Sep 5, 201992 m15.5°C23 m
Sep 7, 2019567 m14.9°C87 m
Sep 8, 2019120 m14.9°C46 m
Sep 9, 2019132 m15.4°C53 m
Sep 10, 201962 m15.7°C44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 11, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 11Apr 25, 2019 — seafloor 320 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 30, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 25, 2019 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 25Jun 25, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 23, 2019 — seafloor 613 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 2, 2019 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2019 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2019 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2019 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 10

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
72
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
152
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 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 7, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 613 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 15.9°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 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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