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Monterey Bay

CRC-15589 – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15589
CRC-15589 Confirmed in the catalog @692
Sep 16 – Nov 27, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2022

162 m
Deepest dive
6:11
Longest dive
110
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
72

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 16, 2022105 m15.0°C35 m
Sep 20, 2022567 m15.8°C138 m
Sep 25, 2022191 m16.2°C162 m
Sep 28, 202289 m16.2°C36 m
Oct 4, 202288 m16.2°C64 m
Oct 16, 2022149 m14.4°C100 m
Oct 27, 2022131 m14.2°C71 m
Nov 27, 2022147 m12.0°C47 m
Nov 27, 202292 m12.1°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
Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 20, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 162 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 4, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 16, 2022 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 27, 2022 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 27Nov 27, 2022 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 27Nov 27, 2022 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Nov 27

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

Dives

162 m
Deepest dive
6:11
Longest dive
110
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
72
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200162 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (191 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 · Sep 25, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 16.2°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 9 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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