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Monterey Bay

CRC-21478 – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21478
CRC-21478 Confirmed in the catalog @94898
Oct 16 – Dec 26, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2023

155 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
111
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
71
Deepest dive on record
155 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 16, 202348 m—41 m
Oct 17, 202343 m—34 m
Oct 31, 2023182 m—155 m
Nov 2, 202385 m—31 m
Nov 4, 2023319 m—75 m
Nov 7, 202391 m—72 m
Nov 12, 2023149 m—48 m
Dec 26, 202384 m—75 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 16, 2023 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 17, 2023 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 31, 2023 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 2, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Nov 2Nov 4, 2023 — seafloor 319 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Nov 4Nov 7, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Nov 7Nov 12, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Nov 12Dec 26, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Dec 26

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

Dives

155 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
111
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
71
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200155 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (182 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 31, 2023

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

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 319 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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