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Monterey Bay

CRC-15609 – Residency

45th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15609
CRC-15609 Confirmed in the catalog @772
Jul 16 – Oct 3, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2021

109 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
103
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 16, 2021567 m14.2°C53 m
Jul 19, 2021147 m14.7°C74 m
Aug 16, 2021214 m16.2°C78 m
Aug 18, 202198 m16.5°C29 m
Aug 19, 2021349 m16.2°C86 m
Aug 20, 2021110 m16.2°C26 m
Aug 22, 2021214 m15.8°C39 m
Sep 17, 2021280 m16.1°C109 m
Oct 3, 2021255 m15.9°C95 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 16, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 19, 2021 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 19Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 18, 2021 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2021 — seafloor 349 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 22, 2021 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 22Sep 17, 2021 — seafloor 280 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Sep 17Oct 3, 2021 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Oct 3

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
103
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
79
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (280 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 · Sep 17, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
280 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 17.0 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.

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