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Monterey Bay

CRC-15182 – Residency

29th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15182
CRC-15182 Confirmed in the catalog @376
Oct 6 – 14, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2024

181 m
Deepest dive
5:36
Longest dive
78
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 6, 2024231 m16.4°C119 m
Oct 7, 202471 m17.0°C59 m
Oct 9, 2024567 m16.4°C176 m
Oct 10, 2024567 m15.7°C100 m
Oct 11, 2024567 m15.4°C181 m
Oct 14, 2024206 m15.7°C64 m
Oct 14, 2024114 m15.7°C42 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 6, 2024 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 176 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 10, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 11, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 181 m (modelled)Oct 11Oct 14, 2024 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 14, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 14

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

Dives

181 m
Deepest dive
5:36
Longest dive
78
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200181 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 11, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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