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Monterey Bay

星河 - Galaxy – Residency

38th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 星河 - Galaxy
星河 - Galaxy Confirmed in the catalog @93962
Mar 3 – Jul 13, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Jul 2024

244 m
Deepest dive
9:46
Longest dive
307
Dives
Sightings
24
Days between first and last sighting
132
Deepest dive on record
244 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 3, 202464 m13.5°C27 m
Mar 8, 202466 m13.4°C54 m
Mar 14, 202492 m13.8°C36 m
Mar 15, 2024154 m13.7°C94 m
Mar 17, 202465 m13.6°C57 m
Mar 18, 2024107 m13.7°C69 m
Mar 26, 2024107 m13.5°C95 m
Mar 27, 2024108 m13.5°C81 m
Mar 27, 2024111 m12.9°C51 m
Mar 28, 2024150 m13.4°C80 m
Mar 30, 202452 m12.8°C28 m
Mar 31, 2024107 m12.8°C56 m
Apr 2, 2024106 m12.8°C96 m
Apr 3, 2024120 m13.2°C36 m
Apr 7, 2024567 m12.5°C103 m
Apr 8, 2024117 m12.5°C47 m
Apr 10, 202471 m13.3°C59 m
Apr 11, 2024133 m13.3°C88 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 3, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Mar 3Mar 8, 2024 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Mar 14, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Mar 15, 2024 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Mar 17, 2024 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Mar 17Mar 18, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Mar 26, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Mar 27, 2024 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Mar 27, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Mar 27Mar 28, 2024 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Mar 30, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Mar 31, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Apr 2, 2024 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Apr 2Apr 3, 2024 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Apr 7, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Apr 8, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Apr 10, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Apr 10Apr 11, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Apr 11, 2024 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Apr 18, 2024 — seafloor 524 m (measured), deepest dive 152 m (modelled)Apr 20, 2024 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Apr 20Apr 20, 2024 — seafloor 321 m (measured), deepest dive 244 m (modelled)Apr 21, 2024 — seafloor 534 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)

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

Dives

244 m
Deepest dive
9:46
Longest dive
307
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
24
Sightings
132
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250244 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (321 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 · Apr 20, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
321 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 24 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 24 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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