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Monterey Bay

CRC-12316 – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12316
CRC-12316 Confirmed in the catalog @1426
Sep 22 – Nov 1, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2023

121 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
57
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 22, 202320 m—18 m
Oct 6, 2023104 m—93 m
Oct 12, 202374 m—52 m
Oct 23, 2023225 m—28 m
Oct 27, 202358 m—46 m
Oct 31, 2023282 m—121 m
Nov 1, 202373 m—21 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 22, 2023 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 22Oct 6, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 12, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 12Oct 23, 2023 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Oct 23Oct 27, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 27Oct 31, 2023 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Nov 1

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

Dives

121 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
57
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
40
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150121 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (282 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 31, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
282 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 282 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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