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Monterey Bay

Monterey - 2020-2021 calf of CRC-15591 – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Monterey - 2020-2021 calf of CRC-15591
Monterey - 2020-2021 calf of CRC-15591 Confirmed in the catalog @65201
Jul 5 – Nov 4, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2021

177 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
268
Dives
Sightings
23
Days between first and last sighting
122

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 202177 m15.2°C42 m
Aug 13, 2021219 m16.3°C177 m
Aug 15, 202128 m16.0°C19 m
Aug 16, 202173 m16.2°C47 m
Aug 20, 2021336 m16.2°C112 m
Aug 24, 2021567 m16.1°C144 m
Aug 26, 202185 m16.5°C58 m
Aug 26, 202181 m16.5°C59 m
Aug 29, 202189 m17.2°C37 m
Sep 4, 2021112 m16.8°C46 m
Sep 6, 2021148 m17.1°C62 m
Sep 9, 202167 m18.2°C61 m
Sep 12, 202148 m16.8°C34 m
Sep 13, 2021254 m16.7°C78 m
Sep 14, 202195 m16.4°C23 m
Oct 30, 202144 m14.4°C29 m
Oct 30, 202178 m14.4°C45 m
Oct 30, 2021120 m14.4°C73 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 5, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 5Aug 13, 2021 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 177 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 336 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 24, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2021 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2021 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2021 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 13, 2021 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2021 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 30Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2021 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 2, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2021 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)

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

Dives

177 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
268
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
23
Sightings
122
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200177 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (219 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 13, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
219 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 23 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 18.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 23 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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