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Monterey Bay

CRC-12143 – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12143
CRC-12143 Confirmed in the catalog @1097
Aug 23 – Nov 20, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2018

101 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
89

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 23, 2018219 m15.5°C87 m
Aug 24, 2018131 m16.0°C39 m
Oct 3, 2018551 m16.2°C101 m
Nov 4, 2018120 m14.4°C81 m
Nov 9, 201874 m13.3°C61 m
Nov 20, 2018110 m15.3°C69 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 23, 2018 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2018 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 24Oct 3, 2018 — seafloor 551 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Oct 3Nov 4, 2018 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 9, 2018 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Nov 9Nov 20, 2018 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Nov 20

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
88
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
89
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (551 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 · Oct 3, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
551 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 551 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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