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Monterey Bay

Ricochet – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ricochet
Ricochet Confirmed in the catalog @84697
Aug 26 – Sep 25, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2022

120 m
Deepest dive
5:32
Longest dive
128
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 26, 202215 m—14 m
Sep 11, 2022567 m—47 m
Sep 16, 2022134 m—120 m
Sep 22, 202273 m—41 m
Sep 23, 202280 m—61 m
Sep 24, 2022123 m—100 m
Sep 25, 202276 m—65 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 26, 2022 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 11, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 22, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2022 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
5:32
Longest dive
128
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
30
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (134 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 · Sep 16, 2022

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

Across the residency · 7 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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