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Monterey Bay

CRC-16483 – Residency

149th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16483
CRC-16483 Confirmed in the catalog @13265
Mar 27 – Oct 31, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Oct 2023

164 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
302
Dives
Sightings
25
Days between first and last sighting
218

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 27, 2023386 m11.3°C116 m
May 28, 202362 m13.6°C53 m
Jul 20, 202363 m16.0°C38 m
Jul 24, 202395 m14.6°C47 m
Jul 30, 202364 m14.8°C28 m
Aug 2, 202368 m14.1°C53 m
Aug 3, 202353 m13.8°C39 m
Aug 18, 2023108 m17.2°C77 m
Sep 8, 2023136 m16.8°C94 m
Sep 10, 2023144 m16.2°C113 m
Sep 11, 2023184 m16.0°C66 m
Sep 18, 2023437 m16.7°C76 m
Sep 23, 202385 m16.7°C63 m
Sep 26, 2023144 m16.9°C65 m
Sep 28, 202393 m16.8°C66 m
Oct 2, 2023122 m15.9°C82 m
Oct 4, 2023100 m17.1°C62 m
Oct 14, 202370 m15.9°C53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 27, 2023 — seafloor 386 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Mar 27May 28, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2023 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2023 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 437 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 4, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2023 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2023 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2023 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2023 — seafloor 201 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 22, 2023 — seafloor 702 m (measured), deepest dive 164 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2023 — seafloor 319 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2023 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)

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

Dives

164 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
302
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
25
Sightings
218
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200164 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (702 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 22, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
702 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
20.0 km

Across the residency · 25 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 702 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 20.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 25 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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