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Monterey Bay

CRC-16040 – Residency

46th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16040
CRC-16040 Confirmed in the catalog @7029
Jul 2 – Aug 31, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2021

70 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
117
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
60

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 202176 m15.9°C52 m
Jul 16, 202187 m14.2°C48 m
Jul 16, 2021567 m14.2°C39 m
Jul 17, 202182 m14.1°C70 m
Aug 6, 202185 m16.6°C68 m
Aug 6, 202183 m16.6°C69 m
Aug 6, 202194 m16.7°C32 m
Aug 8, 2021114 m16.1°C70 m
Aug 9, 202165 m15.7°C54 m
Aug 12, 202148 m16.6°C24 m
Aug 31, 202150 m17.3°C36 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 2, 2021 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 16, 2021 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 16, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 17, 2021 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 17Aug 6, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 6, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 6, 2021 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2021 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 12, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 31, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 31

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
117
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
60
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 · Jul 17, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C – 17.3°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 11 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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