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Monterey Bay

CRC-15783 – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15783
CRC-15783 Confirmed in the catalog @1416
Aug 29 – Oct 3, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2022

94 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
81
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 29, 202242 m15.6°C38 m
Sep 11, 202278 m16.0°C70 m
Sep 14, 2022107 m15.1°C75 m
Oct 2, 202286 m16.4°C64 m
Oct 3, 2022198 m16.2°C38 m
Oct 3, 2022357 m16.2°C94 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 29, 2022 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 11, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 14, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 14Oct 2, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2022 — seafloor 198 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 3, 2022 — seafloor 357 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Oct 3

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
81
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (357 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 3, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
357 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 357 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 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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