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Monterey Bay

Waterfall – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Waterfall
Waterfall Confirmed in the catalog @95406
May 15 – Sep 1, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2023

199 m
Deepest dive
9:11
Longest dive
67
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
109

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 15, 2023345 m—199 m
May 24, 2023118 m—73 m
May 29, 202342 m—14 m
Jun 3, 202383 m—59 m
Jun 3, 202379 m—66 m
Sep 1, 202378 m—69 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 15, 2023 — seafloor 345 m (measured), deepest dive 199 m (modelled)May 15May 24, 2023 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)May 24May 29, 2023 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)May 29Jun 3, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 3, 2023 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 3Sep 1, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

199 m
Deepest dive
9:11
Longest dive
67
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
109
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200199 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (345 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 15, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
345 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 345 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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