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Monterey Bay

Waterfall – Residency

18th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Waterfall
Waterfall Confirmed in the catalog @95406
Mar 22 – Nov 17, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Nov 2024

109 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
114
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
240

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 22, 2024112 m—93 m
Mar 25, 2024120 m—17 m
May 7, 202486 m—58 m
May 8, 202499 m—60 m
Jul 25, 202483 m—50 m
Jul 26, 202470 m—36 m
Jul 27, 2024567 m—31 m
Aug 7, 202478 m—40 m
Oct 1, 2024254 m—64 m
Oct 3, 202471 m—64 m
Oct 4, 2024105 m—79 m
Oct 20, 202426 m—18 m
Nov 17, 2024567 m—109 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 22, 2024 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Mar 22Mar 25, 2024 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)May 7, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)May 8, 2024 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)May 8Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2024 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Nov 17, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Nov 17

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
114
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
240
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 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 · Nov 17, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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