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Monterey Bay

CRC-10579 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-10579
CRC-10579 Confirmed in the catalog @2455
Oct 13 – Nov 14, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Nov 2017

279 m
Deepest dive
10:46
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
32
Deepest dive on record
279 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 13, 2017487 m13.7°C279 m
Oct 17, 2017118 m13.7°C78 m
Oct 22, 2017244 m13.7°C98 m
Nov 14, 20171,243 m14.6°C153 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 13, 2017 — seafloor 487 m (measured), deepest dive 279 m (modelled)Oct 13Oct 17, 2017 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 22, 2017 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Oct 22Nov 14, 2017 — seafloor 1,243 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Nov 14

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

Dives

279 m
Deepest dive
10:46
Longest dive
34
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
32
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300279 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (487 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 · Oct 13, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
487 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
118 m – 1,243 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 14.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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