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Monterey Bay

CRC-12480 – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12480
CRC-12480 Confirmed in the catalog @584
Mar 25 – Apr 3, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Apr 2024

253 m
Deepest dive
8:14
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
9

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 25, 202461 m13.2°C44 m
Apr 1, 202494 m12.9°C39 m
Apr 3, 2024284 m13.2°C253 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 25, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Mar 25Apr 1, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Apr 1Apr 3, 2024 — seafloor 284 m (measured), deepest dive 253 m (modelled)Apr 3

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

Dives

253 m
Deepest dive
8:14
Longest dive
16
Dives
47 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
9
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300253 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (284 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 · Apr 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
284 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 284 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 13.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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