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Monterey Bay

CRC-16557 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16557
CRC-16557 Confirmed in the catalog @13288
Nov 17 – 20, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov 2017

201 m
Deepest dive
7:29
Longest dive
33
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 17, 2017287 m—70 m
Nov 19, 2017260 m—201 m
Nov 20, 2017417 m—37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 17, 2017 — seafloor 287 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Nov 17Nov 19, 2017 — seafloor 260 m (measured), deepest dive 201 m (modelled)Nov 19Nov 20, 2017 — seafloor 417 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 20

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

Dives

201 m
Deepest dive
7:29
Longest dive
33
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250201 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (260 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 · Nov 19, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
260 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
17.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
260 m – 417 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
17.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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