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Monterey Bay

WASP – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of WASP
WASP Confirmed in the catalog @90628
Sep 21 – Dec 3, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Dec 2022

212 m
Deepest dive
5:40
Longest dive
264
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 21, 202258 m16.0°C44 m
Sep 23, 2022567 m16.2°C116 m
Sep 25, 2022110 m16.2°C97 m
Sep 30, 2022147 m16.3°C127 m
Oct 7, 202275 m15.9°C42 m
Oct 9, 202280 m15.2°C42 m
Oct 9, 2022567 m15.4°C62 m
Oct 10, 2022121 m15.2°C66 m
Oct 12, 2022322 m15.5°C76 m
Oct 13, 202274 m15.4°C53 m
Oct 15, 202256 m14.4°C42 m
Oct 17, 2022423 m14.4°C141 m
Oct 19, 2022254 m14.7°C116 m
Nov 4, 202271 m13.2°C52 m
Nov 5, 202275 m13.1°C26 m
Nov 5, 2022970 m13.1°C212 m
Nov 5, 202254 m13.1°C37 m
Nov 16, 202254 m12.7°C47 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 21, 2022 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 23, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2022 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2022 — seafloor 322 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 12Oct 13, 2022 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2022 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2022 — seafloor 423 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2022 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Oct 19Nov 4, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2022 — seafloor 970 m (measured), deepest dive 212 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2022 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 16, 2022 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 22, 2022 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 26, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Nov 30, 2022 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Nov 30Dec 3, 2022 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 186 m (modelled)

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

Dives

212 m
Deepest dive
5:40
Longest dive
264
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
73
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250212 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (970 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 5, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
970 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
27.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 970 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 27.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 22 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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