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Monterey Bay

CRC-10591 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-10591
CRC-10591 Confirmed in the catalog @539
Jul 23 – Sep 24, 1997 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 1997

310 m
Deepest dive
10:28
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 23, 19973,043 m14.8°C310 m
Aug 21, 1997830 m16.4°C270 m
Sep 23, 19971,060 m16.5°C225 m
Sep 24, 19971,068 m16.3°C36 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 23, 1997 — seafloor 3,043 m (measured), deepest dive 310 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 21, 1997 — seafloor 830 m (measured), deepest dive 270 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 23, 1997 — seafloor 1,060 m (measured), deepest dive 225 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 24, 1997 — seafloor 1,068 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

310 m
Deepest dive
10:28
Longest dive
28
Dives
61 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
63
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350310 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (3,043 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 · Jul 23, 1997

measured
Seafloor depth
3,043 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
72.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
830 m – 3,043 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 72.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST 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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