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Monterey Bay

CRC-15156 – Residency

53rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15156
CRC-15156 Confirmed in the catalog @830
Jul 11 – 18, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2024

164 m
Deepest dive
5:51
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 11, 2024362 m14.5°C129 m
Jul 13, 2024285 m14.6°C164 m
Jul 16, 2024567 m15.7°C103 m
Jul 18, 202449 m15.2°C39 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 11, 2024 — seafloor 362 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 285 m (measured), deepest dive 164 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 18, 2024 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 18

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

Dives

164 m
Deepest dive
5:51
Longest dive
43
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
7
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200164 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (285 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 13, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
285 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 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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