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Monterey Bay

CRC-18778 – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18778
CRC-18778 Confirmed in the catalog @45493
Apr 9 – 10, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr 2023

221 m
Deepest dive
7:54
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
221 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 9, 2023120 m—38 m
Apr 9, 2023773 m—221 m
Apr 10, 202364 m—50 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 9, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Apr 9Apr 9, 2023 — seafloor 773 m (measured), deepest dive 221 m (modelled)Apr 9Apr 10, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Apr 10

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

Dives

221 m
Deepest dive
7:54
Longest dive
34
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250221 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (773 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 · Apr 9, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
773 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 773 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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