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Monterey Bay

CRC-17966 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17966
CRC-17966 Confirmed in the catalog @24685
Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Nov 2023

125 m
Deepest dive
5:07
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
9
Deepest dive on record
125 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 23, 2023225 m—48 m
Oct 31, 202376 m—43 m
Nov 1, 2023459 m—125 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 23, 2023 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 23Oct 31, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 459 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Nov 1

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

Dives

125 m
Deepest dive
5:07
Longest dive
34
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
9
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150125 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (459 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 1, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
459 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 459 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 14.0 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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