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Monterey Bay

CRC-16571 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16571
CRC-16571 Confirmed in the catalog @3968
Oct 16, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2021

167 m
Deepest dive
6:57
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 16, 2021274 m13.4°C167 m
Oct 16, 2021258 m13.4°C151 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 274 m (measured), deepest dive 167 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 258 m (measured), deepest dive 151 m (modelled)Oct 16

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

Dives

167 m
Deepest dive
6:57
Longest dive
43
Dives
45 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200167 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (274 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 · Oct 16, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
274 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
258 m – 274 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 13.4°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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