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Monterey Bay

CRC-21419 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21419
CRC-21419 Confirmed in the catalog @93975
Mar 15 – Aug 12, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Aug 2024

103 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
241
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
150

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 15, 2024109 m13.7°C73 m
Mar 27, 2024108 m13.5°C94 m
Apr 3, 202473 m13.3°C38 m
Apr 3, 202489 m13.1°C48 m
Apr 7, 202451 m12.8°C44 m
Apr 7, 202499 m12.6°C50 m
Apr 8, 202498 m12.6°C81 m
Apr 9, 202469 m12.9°C48 m
Apr 19, 202432 m13.7°C22 m
May 5, 2024208 m12.5°C88 m
May 6, 202497 m12.2°C78 m
May 7, 2024287 m11.8°C103 m
May 8, 202498 m12.3°C61 m
May 8, 2024147 m12.1°C99 m
May 13, 2024146 m12.9°C46 m
Jun 17, 202493 m12.5°C42 m
Jun 26, 2024114 m13.5°C86 m
Aug 8, 202472 m15.1°C64 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 15, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Mar 15Mar 27, 2024 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2024 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Apr 3, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Apr 7, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 7, 2024 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Apr 8, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Apr 9, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Apr 19, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Apr 19May 5, 2024 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)May 6, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)May 7, 2024 — seafloor 287 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)May 8, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 8May 8, 2024 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)May 13, 2024 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jun 26Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
241
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
150
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (287 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 · May 7, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
287 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 287 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.8°C – 15.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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