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Monterey Bay

CRC-15343 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15343
CRC-15343 Confirmed in the catalog @2528
Sep 16 – 17, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2022

53 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
11
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 16, 202278 m15.5°C48 m
Sep 17, 2022567 m15.2°C53 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 16, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
11
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 17, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 15.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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