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Monterey Bay

CRC-16571 – Residency

20th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16571
CRC-16571 Confirmed in the catalog @3968
Jul 12 – Aug 17, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2019

135 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
36

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 201985 m13.1°C—
Jul 13, 201957 m12.7°C—
Jul 13, 201939 m12.6°C—
Jul 14, 201955 m12.8°C—
Jul 14, 201961 m12.8°C—
Jul 17, 201974 m12.7°C—
Jul 17, 201990 m12.7°C—
Jul 18, 201951 m12.8°C—
Jul 19, 201954 m13.9°C—
Jul 20, 201954 m14.0°C—
Jul 26, 201962 m15.1°C—
Jul 27, 2019101 m15.0°C—
Jul 28, 201964 m14.7°C—
Jul 29, 201956 m14.7°C—
Aug 4, 201961 m14.3°C—
Aug 5, 201954 m13.8°C—
Aug 7, 201972 m13.1°C—
Aug 8, 201979 m13.2°C72 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, 2019 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18, 2019 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19Jul 20, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 26, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 28, 2019 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4, 2019 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5, 2019 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2019 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2019 — seafloor 481 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)

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

Dives

135 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
34
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
36
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150135 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (481 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 17, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
481 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 481 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 20 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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