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Monterey Bay

CRC-12463 – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12463
CRC-12463 Confirmed in the catalog @208
May 11 – Sep 20, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2023

146 m
Deepest dive
4:19
Longest dive
99
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
132

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 11, 2023399 m—146 m
May 11, 202385 m—61 m
May 12, 202382 m—63 m
May 15, 2023567 m—99 m
Jun 6, 20235 m—5 m
Aug 9, 202382 m—15 m
Sep 20, 202371 m—59 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 11, 2023 — seafloor 399 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)May 11May 11, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 11May 12, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)May 12May 15, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)May 15Jun 6, 2023 — seafloor 5 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Jun 6Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Aug 9Sep 20, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 20

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

Dives

146 m
Deepest dive
4:19
Longest dive
99
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
132
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150146 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (399 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 11, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
399 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
5 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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