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Monterey Bay

CRC-15489 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15489
CRC-15489 Confirmed in the catalog @1362
Sep 28 – Nov 5, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2023

68 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 28, 2023254 m17.0°C39 m
Nov 3, 202382 m14.5°C68 m
Nov 5, 202362 m14.3°C32 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 28, 2023 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 28Nov 3, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 5, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 5

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
14
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 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 3, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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