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Monterey Bay

CRC-15591 – Residency

14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15591
CRC-15591 Confirmed in the catalog @694
May 23 – Sep 10, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2019

89 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
110

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 23, 2019462 m14.2°C—
May 24, 2019100 m13.8°C—
May 24, 2019567 m13.6°C—
May 27, 2019255 m13.9°C—
Jul 21, 2019229 m14.1°C—
Jul 21, 2019181 m14.1°C—
Aug 7, 201972 m13.1°C—
Sep 8, 2019119 m14.9°C72 m
Sep 8, 2019567 m15.0°C84 m
Sep 10, 2019359 m15.1°C89 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 23, 2019 — seafloor 462 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 23May 24, 2019 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 24May 24, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 24May 27, 2019 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 27Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 229 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 21Jul 21, 2019 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 21Aug 7, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7Sep 8, 2019 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 8, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 10, 2019 — seafloor 359 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Sep 10

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
48
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
110
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 (359 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 10, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
359 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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