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Monterey Bay

Richelle – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Richelle
Richelle Confirmed in the catalog @841
Aug 21 – Oct 19, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2017

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
59

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 2017250 m16.6°C—
Aug 25, 2017291 m15.6°C—
Sep 15, 2017190 m17.4°C—
Sep 16, 2017396 m17.2°C—
Sep 18, 2017375 m17.3°C—
Sep 23, 2017307 m16.2°C—
Sep 24, 2017282 m15.9°C—
Sep 27, 201784 m15.9°C—
Oct 2, 2017308 m13.4°C—
Oct 3, 2017392 m13.8°C—
Oct 5, 2017853 m13.6°C—
Oct 19, 2017169 m13.6°C—

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, 2017 — seafloor 250 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 21Aug 25, 2017 — seafloor 291 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 25Sep 15, 2017 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 15Sep 16, 2017 — seafloor 396 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 16Sep 18, 2017 — seafloor 375 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 18Sep 23, 2017 — seafloor 307 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 23Sep 24, 2017 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 24Sep 27, 2017 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 27Oct 2, 2017 — seafloor 308 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2017 — seafloor 392 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 3Oct 5, 2017 — seafloor 853 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 5Oct 19, 2017 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 19

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
59
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 · Oct 19, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
169 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 853 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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