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Monterey Bay

CRC-15609 – Residency

49th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15609
CRC-15609 Confirmed in the catalog @772
Jun 9 – Aug 12, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2023

279 m
Deepest dive
8:21
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
64
Deepest dive on record
279 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 9, 202376 m13.7°C44 m
Jun 11, 202378 m13.9°C55 m
Aug 12, 2023555 m14.9°C279 m
Aug 12, 202378 m15.0°C24 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 9, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 9Jun 11, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 11Aug 12, 2023 — seafloor 555 m (measured), deepest dive 279 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 12, 2023 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 12

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

Dives

279 m
Deepest dive
8:21
Longest dive
35
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
64
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300279 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (555 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 · Aug 12, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
555 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 555 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 15.0°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 14.0 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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