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Monterey Bay

Ricochet – Residency

14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ricochet
Ricochet Confirmed in the catalog @84697
Oct 9 – Nov 21, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Nov 2023

74 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 9, 202395 m—45 m
Oct 14, 202370 m—52 m
Oct 28, 202334 m—28 m
Oct 29, 202363 m—27 m
Nov 3, 202366 m—51 m
Nov 8, 202371 m—48 m
Nov 17, 202385 m—74 m
Nov 21, 2023567 m—69 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 14, 2023 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 28, 2023 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Oct 28Oct 29, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 29Nov 3, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 8, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 17, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Nov 17Nov 21, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Nov 21

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
82
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
43
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (85 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 · Nov 17, 2023

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

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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