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Monterey Bay

CRC-12454 – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12454
CRC-12454 Confirmed in the catalog @4513
May 24 – Jul 17, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Jul 2023

74 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
22
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 24, 202377 m—58 m
Jul 17, 202394 m—74 m
Jul 17, 202395 m—37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 24, 2023 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)May 24Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 17

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
22
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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 17, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m – 95 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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