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Monterey Bay

CRC-12143 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12143
CRC-12143 Confirmed in the catalog @1097
Sep 12 – Oct 13, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2015

98 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
31

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 12, 2015244 m17.0°C98 m
Oct 13, 2015183 m17.2°C50 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 12, 2015 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Sep 12Oct 13, 2015 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
20
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
31
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (244 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 12, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
244 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m – 244 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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