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Monterey Bay

CRC-12489 – Residency

34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12489
CRC-12489 Confirmed in the catalog @425
Jun 24 – Aug 30, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2021

120 m
Deepest dive
4:46
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
67

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 2021100 m15.1°C64 m
Aug 29, 2021484 m17.1°C120 m
Aug 30, 2021145 m17.4°C45 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 24, 2021 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 24Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 484 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 30

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
4:46
Longest dive
42
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
67
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (484 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 29, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
484 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
100 m – 484 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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