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Monterey Bay

CRC-15627 – Residency

58th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15627
CRC-15627 Confirmed in the catalog @4349
Apr 20 – May 8, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2023

137 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
78
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
18

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 20, 20231,231 m10.2°C120 m
Apr 21, 2023211 m11.5°C41 m
Apr 21, 2023147 m11.5°C73 m
Apr 24, 20231,555 m11.0°C137 m
May 2, 202384 m11.7°C42 m
May 6, 202391 m12.1°C70 m
May 8, 2023665 m12.5°C44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 20, 2023 — seafloor 1,231 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Apr 20Apr 21, 2023 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 21, 2023 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 24, 2023 — seafloor 1,555 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Apr 24May 2, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)May 2May 6, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)May 6May 8, 2023 — seafloor 665 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)May 8

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

Dives

137 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
78
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
18
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150137 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,555 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 · Apr 24, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
1,555 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 1,555 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 12.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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