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Monterey Bay

Talisman – Residency

37th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Talisman
Talisman Confirmed in the catalog @7265
Jul 20 – Aug 29, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2022

89 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 202277 m15.8°C30 m
Jul 25, 2022106 m15.1°C78 m
Aug 20, 2022172 m14.4°C89 m
Aug 28, 202277 m14.5°C65 m
Aug 29, 202249 m15.4°C37 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, 2022 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 25, 2022 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 20, 2022 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 28, 2022 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2022 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 29

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
62
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
40
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010089 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (172 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 · Aug 20, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 172 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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