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Monterey Bay

CRC-20292 – Residency

26th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-20292
CRC-20292 Confirmed in the catalog @91837
Jun 4 – Sep 4, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2024

125 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
203
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
92

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 4, 202496 m13.6°C26 m
Jun 8, 2024152 m13.9°C58 m
Jun 17, 202488 m12.6°C52 m
Jun 17, 202495 m12.4°C76 m
Jun 17, 202482 m12.8°C61 m
Jul 23, 2024567 m16.2°C65 m
Jul 24, 202469 m16.7°C48 m
Jul 29, 202479 m16.1°C69 m
Jul 30, 202478 m16.3°C38 m
Jul 31, 2024157 m16.4°C59 m
Aug 19, 202497 m14.9°C79 m
Aug 21, 2024410 m14.5°C125 m
Sep 4, 2024130 m16.2°C53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 4, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 4Jun 8, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jun 17Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 19, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2024 — seafloor 410 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

125 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
203
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
92
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150125 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (410 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 · Aug 21, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
410 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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