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Monterey Bay

Ghost Pepper – Residency

41st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ghost Pepper
Ghost Pepper Confirmed in the catalog @82702
May 19 – Sep 24, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2024

113 m
Deepest dive
5:08
Longest dive
126
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
128

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 19, 2024117 m13.7°C92 m
Aug 3, 2024107 m14.8°C84 m
Aug 15, 2024349 m14.1°C113 m
Aug 20, 2024130 m14.8°C110 m
Aug 21, 202490 m14.4°C60 m
Sep 1, 202495 m15.8°C71 m
Sep 24, 202454 m14.7°C46 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 19, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)May 19Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 15, 2024 — seafloor 349 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2024 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 1, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 24, 2024 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
5:08
Longest dive
126
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
128
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (349 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 15, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
349 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 349 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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