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Monterey Bay

CRC-19770 – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19770
CRC-19770 Confirmed in the catalog @75777
Apr 9 – Nov 21, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Nov 2023

87 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
226

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 9, 2023120 m13.0°C49 m
Apr 11, 202352 m12.2°C43 m
May 30, 2023287 m13.1°C87 m
Jun 20, 2023414 m15.1°C39 m
Sep 1, 202367 m17.9°C51 m
Sep 13, 202385 m15.6°C42 m
Sep 16, 2023567 m16.4°C45 m
Sep 18, 202382 m16.7°C33 m
Nov 21, 202388 m15.1°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
Apr 9, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 9Apr 11, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Apr 11May 30, 2023 — seafloor 287 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)May 30Jun 20, 2023 — seafloor 414 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 20Sep 1, 2023 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 16, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 18Nov 21, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Nov 21

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
102
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
226
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (287 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 30, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
287 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 17.9°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 9 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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