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Monterey Bay

CRC-15778 – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15778
CRC-15778 Confirmed in the catalog @929
Aug 10 – Oct 27, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2024

107 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
78

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 10, 2024111 m—53 m
Aug 16, 202487 m—35 m
Sep 14, 202467 m—55 m
Sep 14, 202496 m—83 m
Sep 30, 2024104 m—27 m
Oct 12, 2024327 m—107 m
Oct 13, 2024114 m—64 m
Oct 17, 202467 m—45 m
Oct 27, 202496 m—72 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 10, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 30, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Oct 12Oct 13, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 13Oct 17, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 27, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 27

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
115
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
78
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150107 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (327 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 12, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m – 327 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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