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Monterey Bay

CRC-15783 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15783
CRC-15783 Confirmed in the catalog @1416
Jul 12 – Sep 23, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2024

63 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
37
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)
Jul 12, 2024109 m14.3°C63 m
Sep 21, 202493 m15.1°C62 m
Sep 23, 202485 m15.3°C55 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, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 12Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

63 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
37
Dives
27 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
05010063 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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 · Jul 12, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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