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Monterey Bay

2020-2021 calf of CRC-11834 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2020-2021 calf of CRC-11834
2020-2021 calf of CRC-11834 Confirmed in the catalog @65202
Aug 10 – Sep 15, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2023

52 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
36

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 10, 2023119 m—40 m
Sep 4, 2023127 m—33 m
Sep 8, 202341 m—32 m
Sep 8, 2023567 m—28 m
Sep 15, 202381 m—52 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 10, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 8, 2023 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 8, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 15

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
35
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
36
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (81 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 · Sep 15, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
41 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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