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Monterey Bay

CRC-18115 – Residency

14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18115
CRC-18115 Confirmed in the catalog @18154
May 15 – 16, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2021

156 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
156 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 15, 2021355 m—156 m
May 16, 202186 m—38 m
May 16, 202185 m—32 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 15, 2021 — seafloor 355 m (measured), deepest dive 156 m (modelled)May 15May 16, 2021 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)May 16May 16, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)May 16

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

Dives

156 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
25
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200156 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (355 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 · May 15, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
355 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m – 355 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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