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Monterey Bay

2022-2023 calf of Little Dimple – Residency

43rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2022-2023 calf of Little Dimple
2022-2023 calf of Little Dimple Confirmed in the catalog @99763
Sep 25 – Nov 10, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2024

123 m
Deepest dive
4:44
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
46

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 25, 2024236 m15.3°C123 m
Sep 28, 2024567 m15.7°C49 m
Oct 2, 202434 m16.6°C21 m
Oct 14, 2024567 m15.7°C59 m
Oct 15, 202491 m15.5°C54 m
Oct 22, 2024137 m14.5°C115 m
Oct 23, 2024184 m14.5°C70 m
Oct 24, 2024181 m14.3°C105 m
Oct 27, 2024149 m13.8°C73 m
Oct 28, 2024242 m13.4°C51 m
Oct 30, 202475 m13.2°C60 m
Nov 1, 202468 m13.2°C62 m
Nov 10, 2024342 m12.5°C97 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 25, 2024 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 15, 2024 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2024 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 23Oct 24, 2024 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2024 — seafloor 242 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 28Oct 30, 2024 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Nov 1, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Nov 10, 2024 — seafloor 342 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Nov 10

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

Dives

123 m
Deepest dive
4:44
Longest dive
115
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
46
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150123 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (236 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 · Sep 25, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
236 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 16.6°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 13 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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