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Monterey Bay

CRC-16481 – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16481
CRC-16481 Confirmed in the catalog @12237
Nov 1 – Dec 5, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov – Dec 2019

124 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 1, 2019256 m13.5°C122 m
Nov 3, 2019128 m14.3°C69 m
Nov 18, 20191,435 m14.1°C124 m
Nov 21, 2019373 m13.2°C90 m
Nov 22, 2019538 m13.6°C41 m
Dec 3, 20191,518 m13.5°C110 m
Dec 5, 2019193 m13.3°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
Nov 1, 2019 — seafloor 256 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Nov 1Nov 3, 2019 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 18, 2019 — seafloor 1,435 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Nov 18Nov 21, 2019 — seafloor 373 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 22, 2019 — seafloor 538 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Nov 22Dec 3, 2019 — seafloor 1,518 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 5, 2019 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Dec 5

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

Dives

124 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
89
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
34
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150124 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,435 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 18, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
1,435 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
128 m – 1,518 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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