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Monterey Bay

CRC-12553 – Residency

33rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12553
CRC-12553 Confirmed in the catalog @621
Jun 27 – Aug 27, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2019

135 m
Deepest dive
5:54
Longest dive
301
Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
61

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 27, 2019590 m15.6°C117 m
Jun 30, 2019728 m14.3°C135 m
Jul 7, 2019102 m13.8°C84 m
Jul 9, 201997 m13.3°C21 m
Jul 10, 201972 m13.2°C57 m
Jul 11, 2019254 m13.2°C67 m
Jul 12, 201967 m13.0°C47 m
Jul 12, 201950 m13.0°C37 m
Jul 13, 201952 m12.7°C47 m
Jul 13, 201947 m12.6°C32 m
Jul 14, 201960 m12.8°C45 m
Jul 15, 201979 m12.8°C16 m
Jul 15, 201980 m12.8°C44 m
Jul 16, 201986 m12.7°C40 m
Jul 17, 201990 m12.7°C65 m
Jul 17, 201988 m12.7°C51 m
Jul 19, 201967 m13.9°C53 m
Jul 21, 201976 m14.1°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
Jun 27, 2019 — seafloor 590 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 30, 2019 — seafloor 728 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2019 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2019 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 12, 2019 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2019 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2019 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2019 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2019 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2019 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2019 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 2, 2019 — seafloor 285 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2019 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2019 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2019 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2019 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

135 m
Deepest dive
5:54
Longest dive
301
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
26
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150135 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (728 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 · Jun 30, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
728 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 728 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 16.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 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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