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Monterey Bay

CRC-12562 – Residency

34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12562
CRC-12562 Confirmed in the catalog @305
Sep 14 – Oct 26, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2024

72 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 14, 202496 m14.8°C54 m
Sep 15, 202472 m14.9°C38 m
Sep 28, 2024563 m15.8°C36 m
Oct 1, 202483 m16.2°C72 m
Oct 2, 202467 m16.5°C60 m
Oct 26, 20241,026 m14.2°C40 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 14, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 15, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 563 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 1, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 2, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 1,026 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
88
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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 1, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m – 1,026 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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