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Monterey Bay

Vertigo – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Vertigo
Vertigo Confirmed in the catalog @7623
Mar 15 – Sep 16, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Sep 2019

364 m
Deepest dive
10:05
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
185
Deepest dive on record
364 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 15, 201957 m13.3°C—
Mar 16, 2019120 m13.1°C—
Mar 18, 201980 m13.5°C—
Mar 22, 201985 m13.2°C—
Mar 23, 201952 m13.2°C—
Apr 21, 2019952 m12.1°C—
Apr 24, 2019567 m11.8°C—
Apr 25, 201986 m12.7°C—
Apr 26, 201972 m12.6°C—
Apr 27, 2019254 m12.8°C—
May 23, 201997 m14.2°C—
Jun 23, 2019254 m15.1°C—
Sep 14, 201920 m14.8°C18 m
Sep 16, 2019567 m14.6°C364 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 15, 2019 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 15Mar 16, 2019 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 18, 2019 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 22, 2019 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Mar 22Mar 23, 2019 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 21, 2019 — seafloor 952 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 24, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 24Apr 25, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 26, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 27, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Apr 27May 23, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 23, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 14, 2019 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 16, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 364 m (modelled)

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

Dives

364 m
Deepest dive
10:05
Longest dive
14
Dives
44 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
185
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0200400364 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 16, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 952 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 15.1°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 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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