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Monterey Bay

CRC-12489 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12489
CRC-12489 Confirmed in the catalog @425
Jun 20 – Aug 16, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2019

203 m
Deepest dive
7:18
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
57

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 2019527 m14.8°C53 m
Jul 10, 201987 m13.2°C55 m
Jul 26, 201943 m15.2°C24 m
Jul 27, 2019102 m15.0°C49 m
Jul 28, 2019567 m14.9°C203 m
Jul 28, 201951 m14.7°C45 m
Aug 2, 201976 m14.6°C53 m
Aug 16, 201922 m—15 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 20, 2019 — seafloor 527 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 20Jul 10, 2019 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 26, 2019 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2019 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 28, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 203 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 28, 2019 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 2, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 16, 2019 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Aug 16

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

Dives

203 m
Deepest dive
7:18
Longest dive
70
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
57
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250203 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 · Jul 28, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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