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Monterey Bay

CRC-18387 – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18387
CRC-18387 Confirmed in the catalog @6685
May 9 – 13, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2021

89 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
44
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 9, 2021536 m—55 m
May 9, 2021537 m—89 m
May 12, 202185 m—71 m
May 13, 202148 m—43 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 9, 2021 — seafloor 536 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)May 9May 9, 2021 — seafloor 537 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)May 9May 12, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)May 12May 13, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)May 13

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
44
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010089 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (537 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 · May 9, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
537 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 537 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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