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Monterey Bay

CRC-18587 – Residency

45th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18587
CRC-18587 Confirmed in the catalog @52707
Oct 14 – Dec 18, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2021

183 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
277
Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 14, 2021126 m13.0°C107 m
Oct 14, 202183 m13.3°C46 m
Oct 17, 2021175 m13.3°C120 m
Oct 17, 2021382 m13.5°C60 m
Oct 28, 2021108 m14.1°C96 m
Oct 30, 2021124 m14.4°C55 m
Oct 31, 202146 m14.5°C36 m
Oct 31, 202146 m14.5°C27 m
Oct 31, 202164 m14.5°C30 m
Nov 5, 2021183 m15.1°C28 m
Nov 11, 202127 m14.3°C23 m
Nov 13, 202183 m14.9°C54 m
Nov 14, 202187 m15.2°C63 m
Nov 17, 2021567 m14.0°C109 m
Nov 18, 2021140 m13.9°C30 m
Nov 18, 2021567 m14.1°C42 m
Nov 18, 2021191 m13.9°C49 m
Nov 18, 2021567 m14.1°C17 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 14, 2021 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 382 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2021 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 30Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Nov 11, 2021 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Nov 11Nov 13, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Nov 17, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 18Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Nov 19, 2021 — seafloor 407 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Nov 19, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2021 — seafloor 250 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Nov 21Nov 26, 2021 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Dec 2, 2021 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Dec 3, 2021 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 183 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2021 — seafloor 475 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Dec 18, 2021 — seafloor 418 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Dec 18

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

Dives

183 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
277
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
26
Sightings
65
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200183 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (205 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 · Dec 3, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
205 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 15.2°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 26 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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