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Monterey Bay

CRC-16483 – Residency

124th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16483
CRC-16483 Confirmed in the catalog @13265
Apr 30 – Oct 20, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Oct 2022

165 m
Deepest dive
6:47
Longest dive
239
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
173

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 30, 2022567 m10.7°C99 m
May 2, 2022101 m10.9°C88 m
May 2, 202295 m11.0°C79 m
May 27, 202273 m12.0°C45 m
May 28, 2022112 m12.2°C52 m
May 28, 2022567 m11.9°C107 m
May 30, 202257 m12.0°C52 m
Jul 3, 2022181 m12.9°C62 m
Jul 4, 2022105 m13.1°C78 m
Jul 5, 202275 m14.3°C23 m
Jul 27, 2022106 m14.0°C90 m
Aug 1, 202283 m15.4°C26 m
Aug 4, 202276 m15.8°C41 m
Aug 15, 2022735 m15.9°C149 m
Oct 14, 2022104 m15.3°C78 m
Oct 18, 2022138 m14.4°C54 m
Oct 18, 2022204 m14.5°C165 m
Oct 20, 2022256 m15.1°C90 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 30, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Apr 30May 2, 2022 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)May 2, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)May 27, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)May 27May 28, 2022 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)May 28, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)May 30, 2022 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)May 30Jul 3, 2022 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2022 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 27, 2022 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 15, 2022 — seafloor 735 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 165 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2022 — seafloor 256 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)

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

Dives

165 m
Deepest dive
6:47
Longest dive
239
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
173
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200165 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (204 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 18, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
204 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 735 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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