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Monterey Bay

765 – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 765
765 Confirmed in the catalog @765
Aug 21 – Sep 7, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2021

104 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 202190 m16.0°C37 m
Sep 5, 2021430 m16.6°C104 m
Sep 6, 2021148 m17.1°C98 m
Sep 7, 2021103 m17.6°C60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 5, 2021 — seafloor 430 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
45
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
17
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 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 · Sep 5, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
430 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
90 m – 430 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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