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Monterey Bay

CRC-23299 – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-23299
CRC-23299 Confirmed in the catalog @133283
Jan 5 – Feb 16, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jan – Feb 2025

59 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 5, 202579 m—59 m
Jan 17, 202538 m—34 m
Jan 24, 202559 m—52 m
Jan 25, 202566 m—56 m
Jan 26, 202561 m—35 m
Jan 29, 202568 m—51 m
Feb 9, 202576 m—51 m
Feb 16, 202538 m—24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 5, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jan 5Jan 17, 2025 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jan 17Jan 24, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 25, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jan 25Jan 26, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jan 26Jan 29, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jan 29Feb 9, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Feb 9Feb 16, 2025 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Feb 16

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

Dives

59 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
82
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010059 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (79 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 · Jan 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
79 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
38 m – 79 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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