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Monterey Bay

Little Dipper's Mom – Residency

27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Little Dipper's Mom
Little Dipper's Mom Confirmed in the catalog @955
Apr 20 – Aug 4, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2023

85 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
106

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 20, 2023328 m11.3°C33 m
Jun 25, 2023114 m14.7°C85 m
Aug 4, 2023516 m14.2°C27 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 20, 2023 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 20Jun 25, 2023 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jun 25Aug 4, 2023 — seafloor 516 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 4

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
19
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
106
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (114 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 · Jun 25, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
114 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
114 m – 516 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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