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Monterey Bay

CRC-15489 – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15489
CRC-15489 Confirmed in the catalog @1362
Apr 6 – Jun 4, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jun 2022

131 m
Deepest dive
4:02
Longest dive
85
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
59

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 6, 202296 m11.2°C35 m
Apr 16, 202214 m10.4°C13 m
May 24, 202227 m11.2°C23 m
May 26, 202292 m11.2°C41 m
Jun 4, 2022567 m12.2°C131 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 6, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 16, 2022 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Apr 16May 24, 2022 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)May 24May 26, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 26Jun 4, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Jun 4

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
4:02
Longest dive
85
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
59
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 4, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
14 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C – 12.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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