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Monterey Bay

CRC-15912 – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15912
CRC-15912 Confirmed in the catalog @1390
Sep 25 – Dec 7, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Dec 2023

102 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 25, 202385 m—75 m
Oct 22, 2023767 m—102 m
Dec 7, 202374 m—59 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 25, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 25Oct 22, 2023 — seafloor 767 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Oct 22Dec 7, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Dec 7

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
55
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
73
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (767 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 · Oct 22, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
767 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 767 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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