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Monterey Bay

CRC-19918 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19918
CRC-19918 Confirmed in the catalog @66756
Aug 7 – Sep 11, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2021

137 m
Deepest dive
6:27
Longest dive
200
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 202188 m16.6°C66 m
Aug 7, 2021567 m16.5°C79 m
Aug 9, 2021567 m16.1°C53 m
Aug 10, 202177 m15.9°C22 m
Aug 12, 202171 m16.3°C28 m
Aug 13, 2021112 m16.3°C46 m
Aug 14, 2021164 m16.1°C48 m
Aug 15, 2021118 m16.1°C37 m
Aug 15, 202151 m16.0°C40 m
Aug 16, 202182 m16.1°C53 m
Aug 19, 2021150 m16.3°C137 m
Aug 19, 2021152 m16.3°C135 m
Aug 20, 2021129 m16.2°C22 m
Sep 5, 202165 m16.8°C60 m
Sep 9, 202173 m18.0°C51 m
Sep 10, 2021153 m18.2°C113 m
Sep 11, 202168 m17.5°C40 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 7, 2021 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 7, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2021 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 12, 2021 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2021 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2021 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 19, 2021 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2021 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 5, 2021 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2021 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 11, 2021 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)

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

Dives

137 m
Deepest dive
6:27
Longest dive
200
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150137 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (150 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 19, 2021

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

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C – 18.2°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 17 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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