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Monterey Bay

CRC-18587 – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18587
CRC-18587 Confirmed in the catalog @52707
Oct 18 – Dec 8, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2020

297 m
Deepest dive
10:17
Longest dive
203
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
51
Deepest dive on record
297 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 18, 2020567 m15.2°C44 m
Oct 24, 2020169 m15.3°C51 m
Oct 25, 2020486 m15.0°C73 m
Oct 27, 2020432 m15.1°C16 m
Nov 2, 2020110 m14.9°C90 m
Nov 5, 2020119 m14.7°C66 m
Nov 9, 2020346 m13.3°C297 m
Nov 13, 202085 m12.4°C62 m
Nov 15, 2020134 m12.5°C95 m
Nov 15, 202061 m13.0°C46 m
Nov 22, 2020232 m12.9°C135 m
Nov 24, 2020108 m12.5°C68 m
Nov 27, 2020297 m12.3°C85 m
Nov 28, 2020220 m12.4°C70 m
Dec 4, 2020151 m11.7°C120 m
Dec 5, 2020141 m11.6°C81 m
Dec 6, 2020202 m11.8°C83 m
Dec 7, 2020162 m11.4°C116 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 18, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 24, 2020 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2020 — seafloor 486 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2020 — seafloor 432 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Nov 2, 2020 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Nov 2Nov 5, 2020 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Nov 9, 2020 — seafloor 346 m (measured), deepest dive 297 m (modelled)Nov 13, 2020 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Nov 15, 2020 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Nov 15Nov 15, 2020 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 22, 2020 — seafloor 232 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Nov 24, 2020 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Nov 27, 2020 — seafloor 297 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Nov 27Nov 28, 2020 — seafloor 220 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2020 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Dec 5, 2020 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Dec 6, 2020 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Dec 6Dec 7, 2020 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Dec 8, 2020 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)

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

Dives

297 m
Deepest dive
10:17
Longest dive
203
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
51
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300297 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (346 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 9, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
346 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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