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Monterey Bay

Soquel – Residency

29th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Soquel
Soquel Confirmed in the catalog @82408
Jun 7 – Oct 21, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2024

199 m
Deepest dive
7:09
Longest dive
196
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
136

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 7, 202484 m14.8°C74 m
Jul 6, 2024172 m13.9°C91 m
Jul 8, 2024114 m14.7°C64 m
Jul 16, 2024567 m15.7°C78 m
Jul 29, 202479 m16.1°C46 m
Aug 2, 202492 m15.2°C73 m
Aug 31, 2024109 m15.8°C74 m
Sep 15, 202481 m14.8°C63 m
Sep 16, 2024567 m14.8°C199 m
Sep 16, 2024105 m15.0°C78 m
Sep 17, 2024254 m15.0°C31 m
Sep 17, 202433 m15.0°C23 m
Oct 10, 202496 m15.9°C58 m
Oct 19, 2024231 m14.5°C57 m
Oct 21, 2024187 m14.4°C111 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 7, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 7Jul 6, 2024 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 199 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2024 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2024 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 19, 2024 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2024 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)

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

Dives

199 m
Deepest dive
7:09
Longest dive
196
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
136
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200199 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

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

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 16, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C – 16.1°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 15 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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