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Monterey Bay

CRC-12459 – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12459
CRC-12459 Confirmed in the catalog @1366
Jun 3 – Aug 21, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2024

67 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
51
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 3, 2024281 m—59 m
Jun 3, 202493 m—67 m
Jun 29, 202451 m—22 m
Jul 16, 202484 m—62 m
Aug 21, 202465 m—38 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 3, 2024 — seafloor 281 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 3, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 29, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 21, 2024 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
51
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
79
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (93 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 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
93 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 281 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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