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Monterey Bay

Cherrios – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Cherrios
Cherrios Confirmed in the catalog @914
Jul 26 – 31, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2020

65 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
13
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 26, 20201,293 m16.2°C65 m
Jul 31, 202080 m15.4°C65 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 26, 2020 — seafloor 1,293 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 31, 2020 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
13
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (80 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 · Jul 31, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 1,293 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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