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Monterey Bay

CRC-15489 – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15489
CRC-15489 Confirmed in the catalog @1362
Jul 12 – Sep 7, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2020

67 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
57

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 2020567 m13.7°C59 m
Jul 13, 202058 m13.7°C43 m
Jul 14, 202054 m13.9°C39 m
Sep 7, 202078 m16.4°C67 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 12, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2020 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 14, 2020 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 14Sep 7, 2020 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
65
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
57
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (78 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 · Sep 7, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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