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Monterey Bay

CRC-16387 – Residency

48th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16387
CRC-16387 Confirmed in the catalog @13189
Aug 27 – Sep 11, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2022

82 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 27, 202282 m14.6°C54 m
Sep 6, 2022151 m16.9°C82 m
Sep 10, 2022567 m16.3°C51 m
Sep 10, 202276 m16.1°C59 m
Sep 11, 2022105 m16.0°C31 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 27, 2022 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 6, 2022 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 10, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 10, 2022 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 11, 2022 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
47
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
15
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (151 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 · Sep 6, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
151 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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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