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Monterey Bay

Croc – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Croc
Croc Confirmed in the catalog @384
Jul 5 – Aug 1, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2018

153 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
22
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2018567 m14.9°C59 m
Jul 22, 2018173 m17.0°C153 m
Aug 1, 2018647 m13.3°C28 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 5, 2018 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 22, 2018 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 1, 2018 — seafloor 647 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

153 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
22
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
27
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200153 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (173 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, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
173 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
173 m – 647 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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