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Northern California Coast

CRC-9047 – Residency

2nd sighting in Northern California Coast
Fluke of CRC-9047
CRC-9047 Confirmed in the catalog @478
Aug 6 – 16, 2012 · Northern California Coast

Northern California Coast · Aug 2012

53 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
10

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 6, 201268 m12.7°C53 m
Aug 16, 201250 m11.6°C37 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, 2012 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 16, 2012 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 16

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
43
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
10
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (68 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 6, 2012

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 68 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 12.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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