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Monterey Bay

Heart Attack – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Heart Attack
Heart Attack Confirmed in the catalog @93954
Feb 25 – Apr 27, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Feb – Apr 2023

75 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
138
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
61

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 25, 2023274 m10.1°C66 m
Mar 20, 202352 m12.7°C37 m
Mar 25, 2023116 m11.9°C26 m
Mar 26, 202396 m11.9°C75 m
Apr 2, 202368 m12.3°C54 m
Apr 8, 202397 m11.6°C32 m
Apr 14, 202389 m11.0°C73 m
Apr 16, 2023119 m10.9°C40 m
Apr 22, 2023113 m10.5°C65 m
Apr 22, 202334 m11.2°C30 m
Apr 22, 2023148 m10.8°C39 m
Apr 27, 2023167 m11.5°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 25, 2023 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Feb 25Mar 20, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Mar 20Mar 25, 2023 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Mar 25Mar 26, 2023 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Mar 26Apr 2, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 8, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Apr 8Apr 14, 2023 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Apr 14Apr 16, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Apr 16Apr 22, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Apr 22Apr 22, 2023 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Apr 22Apr 22, 2023 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Apr 22Apr 27, 2023 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Apr 27

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
3:29
Longest dive
138
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 · Mar 26, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 274 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.1°C – 12.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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