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Monterey Bay

CRC-19563 – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19563
CRC-19563 Confirmed in the catalog @79381
Aug 16 – Sep 23, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2023

146 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
189
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
38
Deepest dive on record
146 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 16, 202384 m—18 m
Aug 16, 202374 m—55 m
Aug 16, 202380 m—68 m
Aug 17, 202384 m—71 m
Aug 18, 2023197 m—55 m
Sep 4, 2023169 m—65 m
Sep 7, 202388 m—65 m
Sep 10, 2023149 m—85 m
Sep 11, 2023128 m—62 m
Sep 14, 2023135 m—76 m
Sep 15, 2023254 m—146 m
Sep 18, 202366 m—50 m
Sep 18, 2023282 m—50 m
Sep 23, 202371 m—63 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 16, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 16, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 10, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2023 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 23, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)

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

Dives

146 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
189
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150146 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 15, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 282 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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