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Monterey Bay

CRC-15653 – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15653
CRC-15653 Confirmed in the catalog @761
Nov 26 – Dec 10, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov – Dec 2019

150 m
Deepest dive
5:40
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 26, 2019373 m13.7°C89 m
Dec 10, 2019252 m13.9°C150 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 26, 2019 — seafloor 373 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Nov 26Dec 10, 2019 — seafloor 252 m (measured), deepest dive 150 m (modelled)Dec 10

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

Dives

150 m
Deepest dive
5:40
Longest dive
15
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
14
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150150 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (252 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 · Dec 10, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
252 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
252 m – 373 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 13.9°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 18.0 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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