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Monterey Bay

Croc – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Croc
Croc Confirmed in the catalog @384
Jul 22 – Sep 1, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2017

155 m
Deepest dive
5:25
Longest dive
189
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
41

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 2017215 m12.4°C155 m
Jul 30, 2017298 m14.2°C45 m
Aug 1, 201750 m14.5°C45 m
Aug 13, 201776 m14.7°C69 m
Aug 14, 2017239 m15.1°C80 m
Aug 15, 2017254 m15.0°C134 m
Aug 16, 201765 m15.3°C51 m
Aug 17, 201787 m15.4°C57 m
Aug 31, 201788 m15.4°C43 m
Sep 1, 2017107 m16.3°C92 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 22, 2017 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 30, 2017 — seafloor 298 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 1, 2017 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 13, 2017 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 14, 2017 — seafloor 239 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 15, 2017 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2017 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 17, 2017 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 31, 2017 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2017 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

155 m
Deepest dive
5:25
Longest dive
189
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
41
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200155 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (215 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 22, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
215 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 298 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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