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Monterey Bay

CRC-18852 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18852
CRC-18852 Confirmed in the catalog @45475
Oct 20, 2019 – Jan 4, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2019 – Jan 2020

178 m
Deepest dive
7:36
Longest dive
36
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 20, 201968 m13.8°C48 m
Oct 22, 201992 m14.6°C35 m
Nov 9, 201998 m14.2°C45 m
Nov 12, 2019244 m14.3°C178 m
Jan 4, 2020102 m13.8°C32 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 20, 2019 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 20Oct 22, 2019 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 22Nov 9, 2019 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Nov 9Nov 12, 2019 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 178 m (modelled)Nov 12Jan 4, 2020 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 4

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

Dives

178 m
Deepest dive
7:36
Longest dive
36
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
76
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200178 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (244 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 · Nov 12, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
244 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 244 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 14.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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