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Monterey Bay

CRC-12489 – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12489
CRC-12489 Confirmed in the catalog @425
Sep 2 – 7, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2020

154 m
Deepest dive
5:08
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 2, 2020110 m15.9°C98 m
Sep 3, 2020204 m16.3°C71 m
Sep 5, 2020567 m16.9°C154 m
Sep 5, 2020567 m16.9°C81 m
Sep 5, 202065 m17.4°C26 m
Sep 7, 202087 m17.4°C64 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 2, 2020 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2020 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 5, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 154 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 5, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 5, 2020 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 7, 2020 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

154 m
Deepest dive
5:08
Longest dive
70
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200154 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 · Sep 5, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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