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Monterey Bay

CRC-12251 – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12251
CRC-12251 Confirmed in the catalog @1519
Aug 21 – Dec 2, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Dec 2023

153 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
103

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 21, 202383 m17.6°C71 m
Aug 26, 2023104 m18.0°C31 m
Sep 17, 202386 m16.2°C79 m
Sep 25, 2023183 m16.8°C153 m
Dec 2, 202389 m13.9°C75 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 21, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 17, 2023 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Sep 25Dec 2, 2023 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Dec 2

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

Dives

153 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
61
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
103
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200153 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 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 · Sep 25, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 183 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 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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