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Monterey Bay

CRC-11502 – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-11502
CRC-11502 Confirmed in the catalog @1308
Aug 20 – Oct 2, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2023

117 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 2023210 m17.4°C117 m
Sep 23, 2023117 m16.8°C95 m
Oct 1, 202336 m16.3°C18 m
Oct 2, 2023122 m15.9°C105 m
Oct 2, 202384 m15.7°C63 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 20, 2023 — seafloor 210 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 23, 2023 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 23Oct 1, 2023 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 2

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

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
69
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
43
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (210 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 · Aug 20, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
210 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 210 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 12.0 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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