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Monterey Bay

CRC-15638 – Residency

27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15638
CRC-15638 Confirmed in the catalog @1351
Nov 2 – 26, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov 2024

95 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 2, 202486 m13.0°C55 m
Nov 26, 2024112 m12.9°C95 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 2, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Nov 2Nov 26, 2024 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Nov 26

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
31
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (112 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 26, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
112 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m – 112 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 13.0°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 12.0 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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