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Monterey Bay

CRC-17156 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17156
CRC-17156 Confirmed in the catalog @7405
Apr 20 – May 3, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2023

90 m
Deepest dive
4:04
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
13

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 20, 2023164 m—84 m
Apr 21, 2023114 m—42 m
Apr 23, 2023147 m—53 m
Apr 23, 2023133 m—45 m
Apr 23, 202372 m—55 m
May 2, 2023217 m—90 m
May 3, 202372 m—66 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 20, 2023 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Apr 20Apr 21, 2023 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 23, 2023 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 23, 2023 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 23, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Apr 23May 2, 2023 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)May 2May 3, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)May 3

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

Dives

90 m
Deepest dive
4:04
Longest dive
55
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
13
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010090 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (217 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 · May 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
217 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m – 217 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 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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