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Monterey Bay

CRC-9038 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-9038
CRC-9038 Confirmed in the catalog @2506
Sep 1 – Dec 18, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Dec 2017

195 m
Deepest dive
6:27
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
108

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 1, 2017567 m16.9°C57 m
Sep 5, 2017114 m17.3°C30 m
Sep 18, 2017106 m17.1°C87 m
Sep 22, 201766 m16.0°C56 m
Sep 27, 2017567 m16.1°C182 m
Oct 1, 2017348 m13.2°C106 m
Oct 15, 2017416 m13.5°C181 m
Dec 6, 2017566 m13.8°C195 m
Dec 15, 2017100 m14.3°C89 m
Dec 18, 2017102 m14.1°C47 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 5, 2017 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 18, 2017 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 22, 2017 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 27, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 182 m (modelled)Sep 27Oct 1, 2017 — seafloor 348 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 15, 2017 — seafloor 416 m (measured), deepest dive 181 m (modelled)Oct 15Dec 6, 2017 — seafloor 566 m (measured), deepest dive 195 m (modelled)Dec 6Dec 15, 2017 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Dec 15Dec 18, 2017 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Dec 18

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

Dives

195 m
Deepest dive
6:27
Longest dive
89
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
108
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200195 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (566 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 · Dec 6, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
566 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 17.3°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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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