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Monterey Bay

Whiskers – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Whiskers
Whiskers Confirmed in the catalog @7384
May 18 – 25, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2024

161 m
Deepest dive
6:37
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
7
Deepest dive on record
161 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 2024430 m—161 m
May 21, 202495 m—71 m
May 25, 2024567 m—154 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 18, 2024 — seafloor 430 m (measured), deepest dive 161 m (modelled)May 18May 21, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)May 21May 25, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)May 25

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

Dives

161 m
Deepest dive
6:37
Longest dive
35
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
7
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200161 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (430 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 · May 18, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
430 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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