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Monterey Bay

Whiskers – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Whiskers
Whiskers Confirmed in the catalog @7384
Dec 19 – 21, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Dec 2021

138 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 19, 20211,254 m—78 m
Dec 21, 20211,000 m—138 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 19, 2021 — seafloor 1,254 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Dec 19Dec 21, 2021 — seafloor 1,000 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Dec 21

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
32
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,000 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 · Dec 21, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
1,000 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
1,000 m – 1,254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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