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Monterey Bay

Marvel – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Marvel
Marvel Confirmed in the catalog @99426
Apr 6 – Sep 25, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2024

106 m
Deepest dive
6:20
Longest dive
149
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
172

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 6, 2024166 m12.3°C106 m
May 17, 202475 m13.7°C64 m
May 18, 202476 m13.6°C64 m
Jul 21, 202423 m16.6°C20 m
Aug 4, 202479 m15.4°C17 m
Aug 16, 2024103 m14.3°C61 m
Aug 21, 2024314 m14.6°C59 m
Sep 5, 2024111 m16.3°C50 m
Sep 12, 202414 m15.4°C11 m
Sep 21, 202418 m14.6°C12 m
Sep 25, 202425 m15.3°C19 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 6, 2024 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Apr 6May 17, 2024 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 17May 18, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 18Jul 21, 2024 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 21, 2024 — seafloor 314 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 25, 2024 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
6:20
Longest dive
149
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
172
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (166 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 · Apr 6, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
166 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
42.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
14 m – 314 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 42.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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