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Monterey Bay

CRC-12431 – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12431
CRC-12431 Confirmed in the catalog @1508
Jul 7 – Oct 5, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2022

100 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
90

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 7, 202256 m14.4°C47 m
Jul 29, 2022116 m14.3°C44 m
Jul 31, 2022707 m15.6°C100 m
Aug 1, 2022567 m15.5°C50 m
Oct 5, 2022391 m16.1°C66 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 7, 2022 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 29, 2022 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2022 — seafloor 707 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 1, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 1Oct 5, 2022 — seafloor 391 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
47
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
90
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (707 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 31, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
707 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 707 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 16.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 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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