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Monterey Bay

CRC-19922 – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19922
CRC-19922 Confirmed in the catalog @66252
Aug 19 – Sep 26, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2023

126 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 202390 m17.6°C41 m
Aug 22, 202387 m17.5°C63 m
Sep 12, 202394 m15.9°C63 m
Sep 16, 2023567 m16.4°C126 m
Sep 18, 2023453 m16.6°C52 m
Sep 23, 2023362 m16.8°C112 m
Sep 24, 2023252 m16.7°C75 m
Sep 25, 202323 m16.9°C18 m
Sep 26, 2023170 m17.0°C34 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 19, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 12, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 453 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 23, 2023 — seafloor 362 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 24, 2023 — seafloor 252 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2023 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 26

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

Dives

126 m
Deepest dive
4:03
Longest dive
90
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
38
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150126 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 · Sep 16, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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