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Monterey Bay

CRC-11268 – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-11268
CRC-11268 Confirmed in the catalog @4616
Jul 29 – Aug 21, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2018

101 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
23

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 201884 m14.7°C74 m
Aug 19, 201898 m14.5°C46 m
Aug 20, 2018262 m14.4°C101 m
Aug 21, 201848 m14.7°C40 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 29, 2018 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 19, 2018 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2018 — seafloor 262 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2018 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
70
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
23
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (262 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 · Aug 20, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
262 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 262 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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