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Monterey Bay

Gacho – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Gacho
Gacho Confirmed in the catalog @72241
Jul 22 – Nov 26, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2024

189 m
Deepest dive
6:18
Longest dive
97
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
127

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 202445 m—29 m
Jul 24, 202429 m—22 m
Jul 27, 20241,140 m—189 m
Jul 28, 2024100 m—38 m
Aug 1, 202479 m—73 m
Aug 10, 2024111 m—47 m
Sep 7, 202497 m—70 m
Nov 26, 202473 m—44 m
Nov 26, 202444 m—40 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 22, 2024 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 24, 2024 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 27, 2024 — seafloor 1,140 m (measured), deepest dive 189 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 28, 2024 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 7, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 7Nov 26, 2024 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Nov 26Nov 26, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Nov 26

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

Dives

189 m
Deepest dive
6:18
Longest dive
97
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
127
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200189 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,140 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 27, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
1,140 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 1,140 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 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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