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Monterey Bay

CRC-11603 – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-11603
CRC-11603 Confirmed in the catalog @1007
Mar 30 – Jun 21, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Calf Season Over the Canyon

My little one surfacing beside me over that rising shelf—can't stop grinning.

109 m
Deepest dive
3:50
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 30, 2026247 m13.7°C109 m
Apr 5, 20261,586 m14.3°C41 m
May 31, 2026123 m12.7°C60 m
Jun 15, 202673 m15.0°C40 m
Jun 21, 2026567 m16.8°C53 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Mar 30Apr 5, 2026 — seafloor 1,586 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Apr 5May 31, 2026 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)May 31Jun 15, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 15Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 21

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
3:50
Longest dive
52
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (247 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 · Mar 30, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
247 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 1,586 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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