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Monterey Bay

CRC-15740 – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15740
CRC-15740 Confirmed in the catalog @1065
Sep 23 – Nov 5, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2023

60 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 23, 202385 m—60 m
Nov 1, 202368 m—60 m
Nov 3, 202368 m—47 m
Nov 5, 202362 m—38 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 23, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 23Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Nov 1Nov 3, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 5, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Nov 5

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
79
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
43
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010060 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (85 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 1, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 85 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 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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