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Monterey Bay

CRC-18739 – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18739
CRC-18739 Confirmed in the catalog @47958
Jul 22 – Sep 14, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2024

110 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
65
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 2024226 m—100 m
Aug 7, 202478 m—40 m
Sep 14, 2024128 m—110 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 22, 2024 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 7Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Sep 14

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
65
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (128 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 14, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
128 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 226 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 11.0 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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