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Monterey Bay

CRC-16040 – Residency

81st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16040
CRC-16040 Confirmed in the catalog @7029
Aug 3 – Nov 8, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2024

179 m
Deepest dive
7:04
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
97

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 3, 2024567 m15.0°C179 m
Sep 14, 2024308 m15.2°C84 m
Nov 8, 202484 m13.0°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 179 m (modelled)Aug 3Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 308 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 14Nov 8, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Nov 8

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

Dives

179 m
Deepest dive
7:04
Longest dive
61
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
97
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200179 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 · Aug 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
7.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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