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Monterey Bay

Gacho – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Gacho
Gacho Confirmed in the catalog @72241
Sep 2 – Nov 22, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2023

77 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
81

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 2, 202394 m—77 m
Oct 30, 202376 m—32 m
Nov 22, 202377 m—61 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 2, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 2Oct 30, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 30Nov 22, 2023 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Nov 22

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

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
39
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
81
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010077 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 94 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 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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