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Monterey Bay

CRC-19918 – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19918
CRC-19918 Confirmed in the catalog @66756
Jul 31 – Nov 8, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2024

149 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
151
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
100

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 31, 202495 m16.4°C42 m
Aug 9, 2024123 m14.6°C70 m
Sep 23, 202478 m15.3°C42 m
Sep 27, 2024241 m15.9°C73 m
Sep 28, 2024563 m15.8°C61 m
Oct 5, 202486 m16.5°C33 m
Oct 5, 2024314 m16.4°C149 m
Oct 6, 2024116 m16.4°C77 m
Oct 7, 2024151 m17.0°C47 m
Oct 11, 2024199 m15.4°C44 m
Oct 16, 202466 m15.5°C37 m
Oct 16, 202454 m15.5°C49 m
Oct 25, 202496 m14.5°C20 m
Nov 7, 202444 m12.7°C34 m
Nov 8, 202444 m12.6°C38 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 31, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2024 — seafloor 241 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2024 — seafloor 563 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 314 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 6, 2024 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Oct 11, 2024 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 11Oct 16, 2024 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2024 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Oct 25Nov 7, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Nov 8, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)

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

Dives

149 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
151
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
100
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150149 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (314 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 · Oct 5, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
314 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 563 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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