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Monterey Bay

CRC-18852 – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18852
CRC-18852 Confirmed in the catalog @45475
Oct 13 – Dec 2, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2020

180 m
Deepest dive
6:35
Longest dive
133
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
50
Deepest dive on record
180 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 13, 202088 m15.3°C78 m
Oct 19, 202078 m15.3°C70 m
Nov 5, 2020128 m14.8°C57 m
Nov 16, 2020175 m12.7°C25 m
Nov 16, 2020567 m13.2°C59 m
Nov 21, 2020387 m13.1°C31 m
Nov 22, 2020222 m12.9°C180 m
Nov 23, 202093 m12.8°C83 m
Nov 25, 2020268 m12.4°C29 m
Dec 2, 2020108 m12.1°C59 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 13, 2020 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 13Oct 19, 2020 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 19Nov 5, 2020 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 16, 2020 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Nov 16Nov 16, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Nov 16Nov 21, 2020 — seafloor 387 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 22, 2020 — seafloor 222 m (measured), deepest dive 180 m (modelled)Nov 22Nov 23, 2020 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Nov 23Nov 25, 2020 — seafloor 268 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Nov 25Dec 2, 2020 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Dec 2

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

Dives

180 m
Deepest dive
6:35
Longest dive
133
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200180 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (222 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 22, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
222 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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