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Monterey Bay

CRC-15297 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15297
CRC-15297 Confirmed in the catalog @2488
Aug 19 – Sep 22, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2023

83 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
53
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 202392 m—79 m
Sep 17, 202371 m—56 m
Sep 20, 2023215 m—83 m
Sep 22, 202374 m—34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 19Sep 17, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 20, 2023 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 22, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

83 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
53
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
34
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010083 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (215 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 · Sep 20, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
215 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 215 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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