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Monterey Bay

CRC-21426 – Residency

5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21426
CRC-21426 Confirmed in the catalog @93982
Mar 5 – Sep 7, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Sep 2023

103 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
94
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
186

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 5, 202381 m—19 m
Apr 18, 202390 m—26 m
Apr 21, 2023193 m—99 m
Apr 23, 2023176 m—22 m
Apr 28, 2023651 m—103 m
May 22, 2023-12 m——
May 28, 202337 m—31 m
Jun 24, 202347 m—40 m
Sep 7, 202322 m—16 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 5, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Mar 5Apr 18, 2023 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Apr 18Apr 21, 2023 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 23, 2023 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 28, 2023 — seafloor 651 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Apr 28May 22, 2023 — seafloor -12 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 22May 28, 2023 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)May 28Jun 24, 2023 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 24Sep 7, 2023 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
94
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
186
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (651 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 28, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
651 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-12 m – 651 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 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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