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Monterey Bay

CRC-15156 – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15156
CRC-15156 Confirmed in the catalog @830
Aug 20 – Sep 22, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2021

188 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 2021567 m15.9°C87 m
Sep 2, 20211,267 m16.9°C69 m
Sep 10, 2021438 m17.7°C88 m
Sep 10, 2021226 m17.9°C188 m
Sep 10, 2021287 m17.8°C38 m
Sep 21, 2021112 m15.9°C30 m
Sep 22, 2021119 m16.3°C56 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 20, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 2, 2021 — seafloor 1,267 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 438 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 188 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 10, 2021 — seafloor 287 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 21, 2021 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 22, 2021 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

188 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
59
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
32
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200188 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (226 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 10, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
226 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.9°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
112 m – 1,267 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C – 17.9°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 20.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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