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Monterey Bay

Croc – Residency

14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Croc
Croc Confirmed in the catalog @384
Jul 12 – Sep 12, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2015

201 m
Deepest dive
12:06
Longest dive
83
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
62

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 2015139 m17.0°C53 m
Jul 29, 2015144 m16.3°C56 m
Jul 30, 2015113 m16.2°C74 m
Aug 7, 2015226 m17.3°C201 m
Aug 10, 2015140 m17.1°C126 m
Sep 12, 2015103 m17.0°C66 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 12, 2015 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 29, 2015 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2015 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 7, 2015 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 201 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 10, 2015 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 12, 2015 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 12

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

Dives

201 m
Deepest dive
12:06
Longest dive
83
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
62
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250201 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (226 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 · Aug 7, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
226 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m – 226 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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