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Monterey Bay

Heart Attack – Residency

34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Heart Attack
Heart Attack Confirmed in the catalog @93954
Mar 26 – May 22, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – May 2024

139 m
Deepest dive
5:09
Longest dive
256
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
57
Deepest dive on record
139 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 26, 202499 m13.5°C80 m
Mar 28, 2024211 m13.4°C132 m
Mar 30, 202452 m—44 m
Mar 31, 2024135 m12.9°C59 m
Mar 31, 2024302 m12.8°C130 m
Apr 1, 202423 m12.9°C21 m
Apr 1, 2024119 m12.9°C104 m
Apr 2, 202464 m12.8°C49 m
Apr 3, 202473 m13.3°C45 m
Apr 8, 2024105 m12.5°C61 m
Apr 9, 2024567 m12.5°C37 m
Apr 11, 202453 m13.1°C36 m
Apr 12, 2024197 m13.6°C119 m
Apr 14, 202482 m12.6°C33 m
Apr 16, 202495 m12.1°C54 m
Apr 18, 20241,037 m12.6°C107 m
Apr 20, 202418 m14.0°C14 m
Apr 20, 2024321 m13.6°C38 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 26, 2024 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Mar 26Mar 28, 2024 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Mar 30, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Mar 31, 2024 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Mar 31, 2024 — seafloor 302 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Mar 31Apr 1, 2024 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Apr 1, 2024 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Apr 2, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2024 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 8, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Apr 9, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Apr 11, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Apr 12, 2024 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Apr 12Apr 14, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 16, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Apr 18, 2024 — seafloor 1,037 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Apr 20, 2024 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Apr 20Apr 20, 2024 — seafloor 321 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Apr 20, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 20, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Apr 22, 2024 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Apr 22May 22, 2024 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)

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

Dives

139 m
Deepest dive
5:09
Longest dive
256
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
57
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150139 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (157 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 · May 22, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
157 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 1,037 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 18.0 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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