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Monterey Bay

2023-2024 calf of CRC-16359 – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2023-2024 calf of CRC-16359
2023-2024 calf of CRC-16359 Confirmed in the catalog @125335
Aug 15 – Oct 26, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2024

254 m
Deepest dive
10:37
Longest dive
150
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
72
Deepest dive on record
254 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 15, 2024553 m—35 m
Aug 16, 2024107 m—35 m
Aug 17, 2024594 m—149 m
Aug 17, 2024107 m—96 m
Aug 29, 2024476 m—66 m
Sep 21, 2024111 m—57 m
Sep 26, 2024257 m—207 m
Sep 28, 2024563 m—63 m
Oct 19, 2024296 m—254 m
Oct 20, 2024567 m—26 m
Oct 20, 202475 m—30 m
Oct 26, 202427 m—25 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 15, 2024 — seafloor 553 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 17, 2024 — seafloor 594 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 17, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 29, 2024 — seafloor 476 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 26, 2024 — seafloor 257 m (measured), deepest dive 207 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 563 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 19, 2024 — seafloor 296 m (measured), deepest dive 254 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 20, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 20Oct 20, 2024 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Oct 20Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

254 m
Deepest dive
10:37
Longest dive
150
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
72
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300254 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (296 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 19, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
296 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 594 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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