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Monterey Bay

CRC-15278 – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15278
CRC-15278 Confirmed in the catalog @1098
May 3 – 29, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2015

123 m
Deepest dive
4:44
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 3, 2015409 m12.6°C39 m
May 4, 2015567 m11.7°C107 m
May 10, 201553 m12.3°C47 m
May 13, 2015567 m11.8°C61 m
May 29, 2015191 m12.7°C123 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 3, 2015 — seafloor 409 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)May 3May 4, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)May 4May 10, 2015 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)May 10May 13, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 13May 29, 2015 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)May 29

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
43
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
26
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 (191 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 · May 29, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 12.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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