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Monterey Bay

Ratchet – Residency

83rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ratchet
Ratchet Confirmed in the catalog @7272
Mar 18 – Nov 14, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Nov 2019

105 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
170
Dives
Sightings
52
Days between first and last sighting
241

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 18, 2019110 m13.5°C—
Mar 29, 2019109 m13.5°C—
Apr 1, 2019135 m14.2°C—
Apr 5, 2019671 m13.6°C—
Apr 6, 2019142 m13.8°C—
Apr 13, 201951 m13.1°C—
Apr 25, 201985 m12.7°C—
Apr 25, 2019254 m12.7°C—
Apr 26, 201967 m12.6°C—
May 18, 2019406 m14.5°C—
Jul 7, 201993 m13.6°C—
Jul 9, 201997 m13.3°C—
Jul 10, 201992 m13.2°C—
Jul 13, 201954 m12.7°C—
Jul 13, 201947 m12.6°C—
Jul 14, 201960 m12.8°C—
Jul 14, 2019254 m12.9°C—
Jul 16, 201954 m12.6°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 18, 2019 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 18Mar 29, 2019 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 1, 2019 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 5, 2019 — seafloor 671 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 6, 2019 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 13, 2019 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 25, 2019 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 25, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 26, 2019 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 18, 2019 — seafloor 406 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 18Jul 7, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 9, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 10, 2019 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 16, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 22, 2019 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 24, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 1, 2019 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 3, 2019 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5, 2019 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 10, 2019 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 15, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2019 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2019 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2019 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 7, 2019 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2019 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2019 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2019 — seafloor 951 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2019 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)

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

Dives

105 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
170
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
52
Sightings
241
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150105 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 21, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 52 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 951 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 16.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 17.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 52 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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