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Monterey Bay

CRC-15486 – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15486
CRC-15486 Confirmed in the catalog @1350
Jun 28 – Sep 9, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2024

74 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 202488 m14.0°C74 m
Sep 9, 2024119 m15.7°C47 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 28, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 28Sep 9, 2024 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 9

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
31
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
73
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 · Jun 28, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m – 119 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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