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Monterey Bay

CRC-18020 – Residency

35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18020
CRC-18020 Confirmed in the catalog @27165
Sep 15 – 26, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2022

143 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
11

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 15, 2022168 m15.1°C61 m
Sep 16, 2022103 m15.0°C79 m
Sep 24, 202283 m16.3°C42 m
Sep 26, 2022138 m16.3°C104 m
Sep 26, 2022567 m16.3°C143 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 15, 2022 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 24, 2022 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 26, 2022 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 26, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Sep 26

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

Dives

143 m
Deepest dive
5:42
Longest dive
65
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
11
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150143 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 26, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
10.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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