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Monterey Bay

Spirit – Residency

2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Spirit
Spirit Confirmed in the catalog @91800
Dec 23 – 26, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Dec 2022

85 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 23, 2022126 m—85 m
Dec 26, 202279 m—35 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 23, 2022 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Dec 23Dec 26, 2022 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Dec 26

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
20
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (126 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 · Dec 23, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
126 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
79 m – 126 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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