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Monterey Bay

Pula – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Pula
Pula Confirmed in the catalog @94379
Apr 27 – Aug 12, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2023

145 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
184
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
107

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 27, 2023277 m13.6°C80 m
May 6, 2023185 m12.3°C127 m
Jun 13, 202375 m15.1°C64 m
Jul 11, 202391 m14.1°C76 m
Jul 29, 202394 m14.2°C58 m
Jul 30, 202399 m13.9°C79 m
Jul 31, 202395 m13.5°C23 m
Jul 31, 202391 m13.7°C76 m
Aug 1, 2023567 m14.1°C131 m
Aug 2, 2023149 m14.3°C129 m
Aug 6, 202369 m14.1°C62 m
Aug 12, 2023555 m14.9°C145 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 27, 2023 — seafloor 277 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Apr 27May 6, 2023 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)May 6Jun 13, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 13Jul 11, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 31Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 2, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 6, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 12, 2023 — seafloor 555 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Aug 12

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
184
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
107
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (555 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 · Aug 12, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
555 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 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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