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Monterey Bay

CRC-15653 – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15653
CRC-15653 Confirmed in the catalog @761
Jul 14 – 25, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2020

145 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
11

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 14, 202068 m13.8°C59 m
Jul 15, 202095 m13.9°C84 m
Jul 17, 2020105 m14.8°C80 m
Jul 25, 2020695 m16.3°C145 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 14, 2020 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2020 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 17, 2020 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 25, 2020 — seafloor 695 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Jul 25

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
4:53
Longest dive
90
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
11
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (695 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 25, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
695 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 695 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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