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Monterey Bay

CRC-16387 – Residency

51st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16387
CRC-16387 Confirmed in the catalog @13189
Jun 17 – Jul 18, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Jul 2023

317 m
Deepest dive
12:02
Longest dive
60
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
31
Deepest dive on record
317 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 202373 m15.4°C62 m
Jul 18, 2023537 m15.5°C317 m
Jul 18, 202381 m15.6°C55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 17Jul 18, 2023 — seafloor 537 m (measured), deepest dive 317 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 18, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 18

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

Dives

317 m
Deepest dive
12:02
Longest dive
60
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
31
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350317 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (537 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 · Jul 18, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
537 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 537 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 15.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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