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Monterey Bay

CRC-12480 – Residency

34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12480
CRC-12480 Confirmed in the catalog @584
Aug 1 – 8, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug 2024

412 m
Deepest dive
16:47
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
7
Deepest dive on record
412 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 1, 2024567 m15.8°C130 m
Aug 3, 2024731 m14.8°C123 m
Aug 7, 2024567 m14.9°C412 m
Aug 8, 202463 m14.5°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 731 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 412 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

412 m
Deepest dive
16:47
Longest dive
71
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
7
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0225450412 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Aug 7, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 731 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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