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Monterey Bay

CRC-21152 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21152
CRC-21152 Confirmed in the catalog @104086
Aug 18 – Nov 13, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2023

171 m
Deepest dive
6:19
Longest dive
166
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
87
Deepest dive on record
171 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 18, 2023101 m—45 m
Aug 26, 2023254 m—11 m
Aug 26, 2023100 m—54 m
Aug 26, 2023104 m—64 m
Aug 27, 2023105 m—47 m
Sep 4, 2023127 m—53 m
Sep 8, 2023177 m—65 m
Sep 8, 202366 m—54 m
Sep 11, 2023128 m—78 m
Sep 15, 2023254 m—56 m
Oct 9, 2023225 m—93 m
Nov 2, 202385 m—48 m
Nov 3, 2023218 m—171 m
Nov 10, 202372 m—35 m
Nov 13, 202375 m—53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2023 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 8, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 15Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Nov 2, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Nov 3, 2023 — seafloor 218 m (measured), deepest dive 171 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 10, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 13, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)

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

Dives

171 m
Deepest dive
6:19
Longest dive
166
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
87
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200171 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (218 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 · Nov 3, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
218 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 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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