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Monterey Bay

Nitro – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Nitro
Nitro Confirmed in the catalog @84544
Aug 6 – Oct 21, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2022

146 m
Deepest dive
5:33
Longest dive
235
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 6, 202247 m—42 m
Aug 9, 202284 m—58 m
Sep 21, 202259 m—54 m
Sep 27, 2022135 m—93 m
Sep 28, 202288 m—61 m
Oct 2, 202281 m—57 m
Oct 8, 2022300 m—93 m
Oct 8, 2022567 m—124 m
Oct 9, 202251 m—45 m
Oct 10, 2022226 m—90 m
Oct 10, 202288 m—42 m
Oct 17, 2022501 m—94 m
Oct 19, 2022167 m—111 m
Oct 19, 2022161 m—40 m
Oct 19, 2022167 m—146 m
Oct 21, 202264 m—45 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 6, 2022 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 9, 2022 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2022 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2022 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2022 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2022 — seafloor 300 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 8, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2022 — seafloor 501 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2022 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 19, 2022 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2022 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2022 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 21

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

Dives

146 m
Deepest dive
5:33
Longest dive
235
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
76
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150146 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (167 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 19, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
167 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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