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Monterey Bay

CRC-16941 – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16941
CRC-16941 Confirmed in the catalog @3640
Oct 17 – 23, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2021

147 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 17, 2021455 m—147 m
Oct 18, 202160 m—23 m
Oct 23, 20211,134 m—44 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 17, 2021 — seafloor 455 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 18, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 23, 2021 — seafloor 1,134 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 23

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

Dives

147 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
20
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
6
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150147 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (455 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 17, 2021

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

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 1,134 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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