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Monterey Bay

CRC-15609 – Residency

35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15609
CRC-15609 Confirmed in the catalog @772
Jun 22 – Nov 21, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2019

125 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
103
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
152

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 22, 2019257 m15.2°C—
Jun 24, 2019108 m15.5°C—
Jun 27, 20191,160 m15.6°C—
Jul 14, 2019254 m12.9°C—
Jul 15, 201956 m12.7°C—
Jul 17, 201955 m12.6°C—
Jul 19, 201933 m13.8°C—
Aug 15, 201963 m14.7°C38 m
Aug 20, 201977 m16.3°C57 m
Oct 22, 201993 m14.6°C58 m
Oct 24, 2019126 m14.3°C95 m
Oct 28, 2019315 m13.3°C93 m
Oct 29, 2019567 m13.0°C72 m
Nov 1, 2019159 m13.6°C125 m
Nov 14, 201957 m14.0°C30 m
Nov 21, 2019132 m13.0°C40 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 22, 2019 — seafloor 257 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 22Jun 24, 2019 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 27, 2019 — seafloor 1,160 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2019 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 17, 2019 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19, 2019 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 19Aug 15, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2019 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Oct 22Oct 24, 2019 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2019 — seafloor 315 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 29Nov 1, 2019 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2019 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 21, 2019 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Nov 21

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

Dives

125 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
103
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
152
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150125 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (159 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 · Nov 1, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
159 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 1,160 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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