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Monterey Bay

CRC-12562 – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12562
CRC-12562 Confirmed in the catalog @305
Sep 6 – Nov 22, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2023

70 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
77

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 6, 2023145 m16.3°C35 m
Sep 16, 2023567 m16.4°C53 m
Oct 8, 2023103 m17.3°C70 m
Nov 22, 202377 m15.1°C54 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 6, 2023 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 16Oct 8, 2023 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 8Nov 22, 2023 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 22

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
39
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
77
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (103 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 8, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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