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Monterey Bay

CRC-20609 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-20609
CRC-20609 Confirmed in the catalog @79283
May 6, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2023

89 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
8
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day
Deepest dive on record
89 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 6, 202398 m—89 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 6, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)May 6

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
8
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010089 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 · May 6, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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