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Monterey Bay

CRC-21517 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21517
CRC-21517 Confirmed in the catalog @95754
May 18 – Jun 14, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Jun 2023

158 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
84
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 20231,700 m—127 m
May 21, 2023323 m—48 m
May 27, 2023111 m—50 m
Jun 3, 202375 m—37 m
Jun 8, 2023101 m—58 m
Jun 14, 2023213 m—158 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 18, 2023 — seafloor 1,700 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)May 18May 21, 2023 — seafloor 323 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)May 21May 27, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)May 27Jun 3, 2023 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 3Jun 8, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jun 8Jun 14, 2023 — seafloor 213 m (measured), deepest dive 158 m (modelled)Jun 14

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

Dives

158 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
84
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
27
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200158 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (213 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 · Jun 14, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
213 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m – 1,700 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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