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Monterey Bay

CRC-12043 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12043
CRC-12043 Confirmed in the catalog @6778
Apr 27 – May 10, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2024

151 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
58
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
13

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 27, 2024152 m—86 m
Apr 28, 2024289 m—125 m
Apr 28, 2024104 m—36 m
May 9, 2024567 m—151 m
May 10, 20241,469 m—94 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 27, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Apr 27Apr 28, 2024 — seafloor 289 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Apr 28Apr 28, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Apr 28May 9, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 151 m (modelled)May 9May 10, 2024 — seafloor 1,469 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)May 10

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

Dives

151 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
58
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
13
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200151 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 · May 9, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
104 m – 1,469 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 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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