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Monterey Bay

Pula – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Pula
Pula Confirmed in the catalog @94379
Sep 28 – Nov 13, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2024

260 m
Deepest dive
14:40
Longest dive
118
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
46

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 28, 2024563 m15.8°C104 m
Sep 29, 2024567 m15.6°C80 m
Oct 2, 202467 m16.5°C22 m
Oct 2, 2024494 m16.5°C42 m
Oct 2, 202434 m16.6°C24 m
Oct 4, 202469 m16.5°C50 m
Oct 10, 2024567 m15.7°C87 m
Oct 15, 2024133 m15.5°C72 m
Oct 22, 2024136 m14.5°C112 m
Oct 25, 202486 m14.2°C71 m
Oct 28, 2024242 m13.4°C172 m
Oct 30, 2024567 m13.2°C260 m
Nov 8, 202494 m12.6°C37 m
Nov 13, 202483 m12.5°C14 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 563 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 494 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 15, 2024 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 25Oct 28, 2024 — seafloor 242 m (measured), deepest dive 172 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 260 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 13, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)

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

Dives

260 m
Deepest dive
14:40
Longest dive
118
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
46
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300260 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Oct 30, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 16.6°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 14 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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