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Monterey Bay

CRC-12251 – Residency

26th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12251
CRC-12251 Confirmed in the catalog @1519
Sep 16, 2022 – Feb 8, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2022 – Feb 2023

160 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
204
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
145

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 16, 2022567 m15.0°C160 m
Sep 21, 202259 m16.0°C54 m
Sep 23, 2022567 m16.2°C87 m
Sep 24, 2022104 m16.4°C23 m
Sep 25, 2022110 m16.2°C85 m
Oct 9, 2022567 m15.4°C94 m
Oct 9, 202243 m15.1°C37 m
Oct 9, 202241 m15.1°C34 m
Oct 20, 2022567 m15.1°C70 m
Oct 24, 202222 m14.0°C20 m
Oct 24, 2022567 m13.6°C58 m
Oct 27, 2022567 m13.3°C101 m
Oct 27, 2022159 m13.5°C61 m
Nov 5, 2022159 m13.0°C107 m
Nov 6, 2022557 m12.9°C58 m
Nov 7, 202299 m13.0°C89 m
Nov 7, 202284 m13.0°C66 m
Nov 10, 2022168 m12.7°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
Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 21, 2022 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 25Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 20Oct 24, 2022 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Oct 24, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2022 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Oct 27Nov 5, 2022 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Nov 6, 2022 — seafloor 557 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Nov 7, 2022 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Nov 7, 2022 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Nov 7Nov 10, 2022 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Feb 8, 2023 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
204
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
145
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 16, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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