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Monterey Bay

CRC-18852 – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18852
CRC-18852 Confirmed in the catalog @45475
Nov 9 – Dec 2, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov – Dec 2021

95 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
23

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 9, 202160 m14.6°C42 m
Nov 14, 2021456 m15.3°C57 m
Nov 18, 2021108 m13.8°C95 m
Nov 21, 202160 m13.9°C30 m
Nov 22, 2021138 m14.0°C81 m
Dec 2, 202174 m13.7°C64 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 9, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 9Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 456 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Nov 14Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Nov 18Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 22, 2021 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Nov 22Dec 2, 2021 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Dec 2

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
69
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
23
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (108 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 18, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
108 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 456 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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