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Monterey Bay

CRC-15917 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15917
CRC-15917 Confirmed in the catalog @1438
Sep 21 – Oct 19, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2022

100 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
51
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 21, 202258 m16.0°C32 m
Oct 18, 2022138 m14.4°C96 m
Oct 18, 2022185 m14.5°C44 m
Oct 19, 2022124 m14.7°C100 m
Oct 19, 2022123 m14.7°C62 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 21, 2022 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 21Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 185 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 19, 2022 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 19, 2022 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 19

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
51
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
28
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (124 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 19, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
124 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 185 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 16.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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