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Monterey Bay

CRC-15156 – Residency

33rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15156
CRC-15156 Confirmed in the catalog @830
Aug 23 – Oct 17, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2020

216 m
Deepest dive
6:37
Longest dive
87
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
55
Deepest dive on record
216 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 23, 20201,101 m15.0°C89 m
Sep 10, 2020103 m17.2°C50 m
Sep 14, 202097 m15.6°C55 m
Sep 17, 2020384 m15.2°C50 m
Sep 19, 202066 m15.2°C48 m
Sep 19, 2020567 m14.5°C216 m
Oct 15, 202099 m15.0°C48 m
Oct 17, 2020155 m15.0°C124 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 23, 2020 — seafloor 1,101 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 10, 2020 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 14, 2020 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 17, 2020 — seafloor 384 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 19, 2020 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 19, 2020 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 216 m (modelled)Sep 19Oct 15, 2020 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 17, 2020 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Oct 17

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

Dives

216 m
Deepest dive
6:37
Longest dive
87
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
55
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250216 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 19, 2020

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

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 1,101 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 17.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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