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Monterey Bay

Direwolf – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Direwolf
Direwolf Confirmed in the catalog @7512
Jun 26 – Dec 11, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Dec 2021

87 m
Deepest dive
3:14
Longest dive
393
Dives
Sightings
31
Days between first and last sighting
168

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 26, 202139 m15.5°C35 m
Aug 12, 2021141 m16.2°C87 m
Aug 13, 202137 m16.3°C32 m
Aug 14, 2021152 m16.1°C64 m
Aug 15, 202155 m16.0°C39 m
Aug 15, 2021393 m16.1°C49 m
Aug 15, 202137 m16.0°C32 m
Aug 15, 2021567 m16.1°C79 m
Aug 16, 202161 m16.2°C51 m
Aug 17, 2021126 m16.3°C57 m
Aug 17, 2021352 m16.2°C44 m
Aug 20, 202144 m16.2°C25 m
Aug 30, 202183 m17.2°C57 m
Aug 30, 202158 m17.2°C37 m
Aug 30, 202158 m17.2°C44 m
Aug 31, 202154 m17.3°C44 m
Nov 5, 2021174 m15.1°C38 m
Nov 5, 2021170 m15.1°C78 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 26, 2021 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 26Aug 12, 2021 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2021 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2021 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 393 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 352 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 6, 2021 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Dec 3, 2021 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Dec 4Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Dec 5, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Dec 7, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Dec 10, 2021 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Dec 11

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:14
Longest dive
393
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
31
Sightings
168
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (141 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 12, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
141 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 31 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 31 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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