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Monterey Bay

CRC-15220 – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15220
CRC-15220 Confirmed in the catalog @397
Aug 31 – Nov 24, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2021

231 m
Deepest dive
8:38
Longest dive
172
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
85
Deepest dive on record
231 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 202153 m17.3°C44 m
Sep 5, 202151 m16.8°C46 m
Sep 6, 202188 m17.1°C63 m
Sep 16, 202149 m16.2°C38 m
Sep 18, 202155 m15.9°C31 m
Sep 20, 2021166 m16.1°C81 m
Sep 21, 202140 m15.8°C34 m
Sep 21, 202129 m16.1°C26 m
Sep 25, 202175 m16.3°C56 m
Nov 16, 202147 m14.3°C42 m
Nov 17, 2021567 m14.0°C187 m
Nov 18, 2021567 m14.1°C168 m
Nov 21, 202196 m14.3°C79 m
Nov 21, 202161 m14.0°C48 m
Nov 24, 2021567 m13.9°C231 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 31, 2021 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 5, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2021 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 18, 2021 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2021 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2021 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 21, 2021 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2021 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 16Nov 17, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 187 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 168 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Nov 24, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 231 m (modelled)

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

Dives

231 m
Deepest dive
8:38
Longest dive
172
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
85
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250231 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Nov 24, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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