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Monterey Bay

Marvel – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Marvel
Marvel Confirmed in the catalog @99426
Jun 13 – Nov 1, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2023

175 m
Deepest dive
7:00
Longest dive
276
Dives
Sightings
24
Days between first and last sighting
141
Deepest dive on record
175 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 13, 202390 m15.0°C66 m
Jun 16, 202344 m15.2°C39 m
Jun 16, 202385 m15.2°C43 m
Jun 17, 202365 m15.5°C49 m
Jun 21, 202358 m15.0°C46 m
Jun 23, 202391 m14.5°C57 m
Jun 26, 202398 m15.0°C68 m
Jun 26, 2023181 m14.6°C62 m
Jun 30, 2023229 m13.6°C31 m
Jul 2, 202372 m15.6°C36 m
Jul 2, 2023368 m15.3°C146 m
Jul 6, 202378 m15.0°C13 m
Jul 23, 202362 m14.9°C56 m
Jul 24, 202371 m15.4°C34 m
Aug 14, 202378 m15.8°C65 m
Aug 15, 2023572 m16.6°C131 m
Aug 17, 2023567 m17.1°C128 m
Aug 17, 202386 m17.2°C60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 13, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 13Jun 16, 2023 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 21, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 23, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2023 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2023 — seafloor 229 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2023 — seafloor 368 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2023 — seafloor 572 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2023 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2023 — seafloor 390 m (measured), deepest dive 175 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 19, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2023 — seafloor 702 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)

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

Dives

175 m
Deepest dive
7:00
Longest dive
276
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
24
Sightings
141
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200175 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (390 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 18, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
390 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 24 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 702 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 17.2°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 24 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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