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Monterey Bay

Spirit – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Spirit
Spirit Confirmed in the catalog @91800
Jul 4 – Sep 8, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2024

340 m
Deepest dive
11:33
Longest dive
124
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
66
Deepest dive on record
340 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 4, 20241,187 m—340 m
Aug 4, 202493 m—76 m
Aug 8, 2024125 m—106 m
Aug 9, 2024110 m—77 m
Aug 10, 2024133 m—71 m
Sep 7, 2024104 m—92 m
Sep 8, 2024104 m—81 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 4, 2024 — seafloor 1,187 m (measured), deepest dive 340 m (modelled)Jul 4Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 7, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 8

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

Dives

340 m
Deepest dive
11:33
Longest dive
124
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
66
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350340 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,187 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 4, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
1,187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
93 m – 1,187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 11.0 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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