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Monterey Bay

CRC-15774 – Residency

79th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15774
CRC-15774 Confirmed in the catalog @1396
Jul 4 – Nov 4, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2024

176 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
123

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 4, 2024108 m13.9°C54 m
Sep 14, 202496 m14.8°C68 m
Sep 15, 2024919 m14.8°C176 m
Sep 15, 202472 m14.9°C41 m
Sep 19, 2024228 m14.9°C111 m
Nov 4, 202449 m13.1°C33 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 4, 2024 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 4Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 919 m (measured), deepest dive 176 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 19, 2024 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Sep 19Nov 4, 2024 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Nov 4

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

Dives

176 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
63
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
123
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200176 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (919 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 15, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
919 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 919 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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