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Monterey Bay

CRC-18852 – Residency

41st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18852
CRC-18852 Confirmed in the catalog @45475
Aug 6 – Nov 5, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2022

160 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
228
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
90

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 6, 202245 m16.5°C38 m
Sep 1, 202236 m16.8°C25 m
Sep 3, 202269 m16.5°C57 m
Sep 6, 2022144 m17.0°C81 m
Sep 22, 2022333 m15.9°C160 m
Sep 23, 202279 m16.5°C37 m
Sep 25, 2022234 m16.2°C26 m
Sep 27, 2022236 m16.3°C106 m
Oct 2, 202281 m16.4°C56 m
Oct 3, 202226 m16.5°C19 m
Oct 6, 2022199 m16.5°C58 m
Oct 9, 2022102 m15.2°C89 m
Oct 11, 202292 m15.1°C39 m
Oct 27, 2022140 m14.2°C55 m
Oct 29, 202257 m13.9°C19 m
Oct 29, 202255 m13.9°C41 m
Nov 4, 202296 m13.1°C47 m
Nov 4, 202273 m13.2°C38 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 6Sep 1, 2022 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2022 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2022 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2022 — seafloor 333 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2022 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2022 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2022 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2022 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Oct 11, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 11Oct 27, 2022 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2022 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2022 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2022 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 4, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
228
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
90
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (333 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 · Sep 22, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
333 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 17.0°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 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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