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Monterey Bay

CRC-16943 – Residency

20th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16943
CRC-16943 Confirmed in the catalog @3302
Jul 29 – 31, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2019

103 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
30
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 2019125 m14.9°C103 m
Jul 31, 201956 m14.6°C49 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 29, 2019 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
30
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (125 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 · Jul 29, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
125 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 125 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 14.0 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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