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Monterey Bay

CRC-16359 – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16359
CRC-16359 Confirmed in the catalog @22304
Nov 4 – Dec 15, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov – Dec 2021

185 m
Deepest dive
5:30
Longest dive
366
Dives
Sightings
27
Days between first and last sighting
41

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 4, 2021186 m15.1°C117 m
Nov 5, 2021158 m15.1°C101 m
Nov 5, 202198 m15.1°C47 m
Nov 6, 2021170 m15.0°C55 m
Nov 7, 202162 m14.8°C33 m
Nov 11, 202129 m14.3°C14 m
Nov 16, 202150 m14.4°C43 m
Nov 18, 2021140 m13.9°C71 m
Nov 18, 2021176 m13.9°C53 m
Nov 18, 2021567 m14.1°C24 m
Nov 19, 202131 m14.0°C25 m
Nov 20, 2021269 m14.2°C67 m
Nov 20, 2021370 m14.1°C62 m
Nov 21, 202160 m13.9°C50 m
Nov 22, 2021138 m14.0°C52 m
Nov 23, 202134 m13.7°C27 m
Nov 26, 2021127 m12.9°C34 m
Nov 27, 202174 m13.2°C67 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 4, 2021 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 6, 2021 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Nov 7, 2021 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Nov 11, 2021 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Nov 11Nov 16, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Nov 19, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Nov 19Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 269 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 370 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 22, 2021 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Nov 23, 2021 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Nov 23Nov 26, 2021 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Nov 27, 2021 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2021 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2021 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Nov 29, 2021 — seafloor 260 m (measured), deepest dive 185 m (modelled)Nov 29Dec 2, 2021 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Dec 3, 2021 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Dec 5, 2021 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Dec 5, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 171 m (modelled)Dec 5Dec 15, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)

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

Dives

185 m
Deepest dive
5:30
Longest dive
366
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
27
Sightings
41
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200185 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (260 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 · Nov 29, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
260 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 27 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 15.1°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 27 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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