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Monterey Bay

CRC-15609 – Residency

52nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15609
CRC-15609 Confirmed in the catalog @772
Jul 5 – 11, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2024

124 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2024165 m14.0°C124 m
Jul 11, 2024335 m15.2°C81 m
Jul 11, 2024124 m15.3°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
Jul 5, 2024 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 335 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 11

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

Dives

124 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
38
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
6
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150124 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (165 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 5, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
165 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
124 m – 335 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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