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Monterey Bay

CRC-19918 – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19918
CRC-19918 Confirmed in the catalog @66756
Apr 7 – May 19, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2023

247 m
Deepest dive
7:56
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
42
Deepest dive on record
247 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 7, 202363 m11.2°C26 m
Apr 9, 2023773 m12.7°C247 m
May 19, 202383 m14.1°C74 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 9, 2023 — seafloor 773 m (measured), deepest dive 247 m (modelled)Apr 9May 19, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)May 19

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

Dives

247 m
Deepest dive
7:56
Longest dive
39
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250247 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (773 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 · Apr 9, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
773 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 773 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.2°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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