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Monterey Bay

CRC-12445 – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12445
CRC-12445 Confirmed in the catalog @853
Apr 21 – May 16, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2024

160 m
Deepest dive
5:57
Longest dive
38
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 21, 2024567 m—143 m
Apr 22, 2024209 m—98 m
Apr 23, 2024382 m—160 m
Apr 23, 2024112 m—60 m
Apr 24, 2024170 m—71 m
May 16, 2024567 m—40 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 21, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 22, 2024 — seafloor 209 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Apr 22Apr 23, 2024 — seafloor 382 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 23, 2024 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 24, 2024 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Apr 24May 16, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)May 16

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
5:57
Longest dive
38
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
26
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (382 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 · Apr 23, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
382 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
112 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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