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Monterey Bay

CRC-16040 – Residency

78th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16040
CRC-16040 Confirmed in the catalog @7029
Jul 21 – Oct 2, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2023

95 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 21, 202337 m14.6°C29 m
Aug 19, 2023385 m17.4°C95 m
Sep 7, 2023104 m16.4°C52 m
Oct 2, 2023269 m15.9°C76 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 21, 2023 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 385 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 19Sep 7, 2023 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 7Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 269 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 2

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
42
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
73
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (385 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 · Aug 19, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
385 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m – 385 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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