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Monterey Bay

CRC-12431 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12431
CRC-12431 Confirmed in the catalog @1508
Oct 4 – 16, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2021

179 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 4, 2021567 m15.8°C106 m
Oct 6, 2021314 m15.5°C179 m
Oct 16, 202158 m12.9°C48 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 4, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 6, 2021 — seafloor 314 m (measured), deepest dive 179 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 16

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

Dives

179 m
Deepest dive
5:12
Longest dive
40
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200179 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (314 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 6, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
314 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
8.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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