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Monterey Bay

Talisman – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Talisman
Talisman Confirmed in the catalog @7265
Aug 1 – Sep 25, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2020

365 m
Deepest dive
9:26
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
55
Deepest dive on record
365 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 1, 202079 m15.3°C69 m
Aug 2, 202076 m15.1°C45 m
Aug 3, 202077 m15.3°C70 m
Aug 5, 2020567 m14.8°C365 m
Aug 7, 202096 m15.4°C26 m
Aug 31, 202065 m15.6°C23 m
Sep 25, 2020105 m15.7°C59 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 1, 2020 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 2, 2020 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2020 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 5, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 365 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 7, 2020 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 31, 2020 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 25, 2020 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

365 m
Deepest dive
9:26
Longest dive
65
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
55
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0200400365 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 · Aug 5, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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