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Monterey Bay

Motitas – Residency

69th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Motitas
Motitas Confirmed in the catalog @959
Apr 27 – Sep 22, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2023

285 m
Deepest dive
11:19
Longest dive
224
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
147
Deepest dive on record
285 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 27, 2023277 m13.6°C111 m
May 6, 2023185 m12.3°C98 m
May 8, 202371 m12.5°C56 m
May 15, 2023474 m14.1°C102 m
May 24, 202345 m12.9°C28 m
Jul 18, 2023125 m15.8°C48 m
Jul 20, 202363 m16.1°C40 m
Jul 25, 2023567 m14.7°C53 m
Jul 26, 202381 m14.5°C71 m
Jul 29, 202394 m14.2°C79 m
Jul 31, 202388 m13.8°C72 m
Aug 2, 2023200 m14.4°C87 m
Aug 6, 202369 m14.1°C62 m
Aug 10, 2023181 m14.7°C33 m
Aug 12, 2023555 m14.9°C62 m
Sep 18, 2023694 m16.7°C116 m
Sep 22, 2023460 m16.5°C285 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 111 m (modelled)Apr 27May 6, 2023 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)May 8, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)May 15, 2023 — seafloor 474 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)May 15May 24, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2023 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 25, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2023 — seafloor 200 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2023 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2023 — seafloor 555 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 694 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 22, 2023 — seafloor 460 m (measured), deepest dive 285 m (modelled)

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

Dives

285 m
Deepest dive
11:19
Longest dive
224
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
147
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300285 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (460 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 22, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
460 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 694 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 16.7°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 17 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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