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Monterey Bay

CRC-17087 – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17087
CRC-17087 Confirmed in the catalog @24859
Oct 16 – Nov 2, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Nov 2021

163 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
142
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 16, 2021300 m13.5°C158 m
Oct 16, 2021182 m13.5°C62 m
Oct 16, 2021253 m13.5°C163 m
Oct 16, 202163 m13.6°C54 m
Oct 17, 2021189 m13.3°C93 m
Oct 19, 202189 m13.0°C56 m
Oct 21, 202170 m13.8°C41 m
Nov 2, 202199 m14.5°C87 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 16, 2021 — seafloor 300 m (measured), deepest dive 158 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 253 m (measured), deepest dive 163 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 19, 2021 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 21, 2021 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Oct 21Nov 2, 2021 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

163 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
142
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
17
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200163 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (253 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 16, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
253 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 300 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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