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Monterey Bay

CRC-12117 – Residency

18th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12117
CRC-12117 Confirmed in the catalog @388
Aug 28 – Sep 22, 2021 · Monterey Bay

September in the Bay

The krill were thick here, so I stayed through the turning season.

198 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
92
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 28, 2021245 m16.8°C83 m
Aug 29, 2021159 m17.2°C126 m
Aug 29, 2021249 m17.2°C198 m
Sep 13, 2021137 m16.5°C98 m
Sep 15, 2021310 m16.4°C82 m
Sep 17, 2021482 m16.2°C47 m
Sep 17, 202160 m16.0°C44 m
Sep 22, 2021274 m16.4°C175 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 245 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 249 m (measured), deepest dive 198 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 13, 2021 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 15, 2021 — seafloor 310 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 17, 2021 — seafloor 482 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 17, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 22, 2021 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 175 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

198 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
92
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
25
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200198 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (249 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 29, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
249 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.2°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 482 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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