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Monterey Bay

CRC-18852 – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18852
CRC-18852 Confirmed in the catalog @45475
Jul 23 – Oct 22, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2024

153 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 23, 202465 m16.7°C58 m
Sep 1, 202485 m16.0°C54 m
Sep 25, 2024618 m15.3°C64 m
Sep 27, 2024207 m15.9°C153 m
Oct 12, 202491 m15.3°C64 m
Oct 22, 2024146 m14.5°C120 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 23, 2024 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 23Sep 1, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 25, 2024 — seafloor 618 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 27, 2024 — seafloor 207 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Sep 27Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 12Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Oct 22

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

Dives

153 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
90
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
91
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200153 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (207 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 27, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
207 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 618 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 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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