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Monterey Bay

CRC-16404 – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16404
CRC-16404 Confirmed in the catalog @3008
Oct 14 – 19, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2021

177 m
Deepest dive
8:23
Longest dive
68
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 14, 2021166 m—32 m
Oct 15, 2021408 m—89 m
Oct 15, 2021279 m—177 m
Oct 16, 2021441 m—78 m
Oct 16, 202188 m—71 m
Oct 16, 2021247 m—81 m
Oct 16, 2021274 m—121 m
Oct 19, 2021120 m—101 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 14, 2021 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 15, 2021 — seafloor 408 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 15, 2021 — seafloor 279 m (measured), deepest dive 177 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 441 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 19, 2021 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Oct 19

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

Dives

177 m
Deepest dive
8:23
Longest dive
68
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200177 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (279 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 15, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
279 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m – 441 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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