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Monterey Bay

Daylight – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Daylight
Daylight Confirmed in the catalog @7478
Apr 5 – May 21, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2022

113 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
99
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
46

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 5, 202292 m11.2°C61 m
Apr 6, 2022187 m11.4°C102 m
Apr 6, 202269 m11.6°C40 m
Apr 7, 2022129 m11.7°C105 m
Apr 17, 2022815 m10.5°C113 m
Apr 18, 2022752 m10.8°C65 m
May 21, 2022567 m11.4°C35 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 5, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 6, 2022 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 6, 2022 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 7, 2022 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 17, 2022 — seafloor 815 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Apr 17Apr 18, 2022 — seafloor 752 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Apr 18May 21, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)May 21

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
99
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
46
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (815 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 · Apr 17, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
815 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m – 815 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C – 11.7°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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