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Monterey Bay

Aria – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Aria
Aria Confirmed in the catalog @81708
Jul 26 – Sep 28, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2024

118 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
183
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 2024567 m16.3°C118 m
Aug 1, 202488 m15.5°C71 m
Aug 2, 202477 m15.7°C46 m
Aug 4, 2024545 m14.6°C103 m
Aug 6, 202473 m15.1°C63 m
Aug 16, 2024102 m14.3°C87 m
Aug 18, 2024117 m13.7°C35 m
Sep 14, 2024254 m15.3°C76 m
Sep 16, 202457 m14.9°C50 m
Sep 17, 202431 m15.0°C27 m
Sep 18, 202463 m15.1°C47 m
Sep 23, 202491 m15.3°C74 m
Sep 27, 2024189 m15.9°C60 m
Sep 28, 202462 m15.9°C44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 545 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 6, 2024 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 18Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2024 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 18, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2024 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)

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

Dives

118 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
183
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
64
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150118 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Jul 26, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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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