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Monterey Bay

CRC-12553 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12553
CRC-12553 Confirmed in the catalog @621
May 3, 2009 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2009

86 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 3, 2009113 m11.7°C82 m
May 3, 2009450 m11.7°C86 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 3, 2009 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)May 3May 3, 2009 — seafloor 450 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)May 3

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
34
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (450 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 · May 3, 2009

measured
Seafloor depth
450 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m – 450 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 11.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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