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Monterey Bay

CRC-15554 – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15554
CRC-15554 Confirmed in the catalog @850
Oct 22 – 30, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2023

49 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
22
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 22, 202384 m—28 m
Oct 27, 202355 m—49 m
Oct 30, 2023344 m—45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 22, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Oct 22Oct 27, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 27Oct 30, 2023 — seafloor 344 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 30

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

Dives

49 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
22
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
8
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255049 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (55 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 27, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 344 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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