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Monterey Bay

CRC-15507 – Residency

63rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15507
CRC-15507 Confirmed in the catalog @1330
Sep 16 – Nov 5, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2023

75 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 16, 2023148 m15.7°C69 m
Nov 1, 202382 m14.8°C75 m
Nov 5, 202362 m14.3°C46 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 16Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Nov 1Nov 5, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 5

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
48
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 1, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 148 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 39.0 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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