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Monterey Bay

CRC-16041 – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16041
CRC-16041 Confirmed in the catalog @7088
Sep 24 – 26, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2020

180 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 24, 2020310 m15.7°C126 m
Sep 26, 2020326 m15.9°C180 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 24, 2020 — seafloor 310 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 26, 2020 — seafloor 326 m (measured), deepest dive 180 m (modelled)Sep 26

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

Dives

180 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
45
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200180 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (326 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 26, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
326 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
310 m – 326 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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