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Monterey Bay

CRC-15156 – Residency

46th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15156
CRC-15156 Confirmed in the catalog @830
Aug 4 – Oct 18, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2022

131 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
68
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
75

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 4, 2022179 m16.0°C54 m
Sep 4, 202290 m16.5°C67 m
Oct 17, 2022501 m14.5°C131 m
Oct 18, 2022138 m14.4°C99 m
Oct 18, 2022101 m14.5°C37 m
Oct 18, 2022108 m14.6°C42 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 4, 2022 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 4Sep 4, 2022 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 4Oct 17, 2022 — seafloor 501 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 18Oct 18, 2022 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 18

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
68
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
75
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (501 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 · Oct 17, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
501 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
90 m – 501 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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