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Monterey Bay

CRC-21662 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21662
CRC-21662 Confirmed in the catalog @106025
Aug 10 – Oct 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Bay Full of Lunges

Shared this stretch of water with plenty of good company again—feeding was easy.

97 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
58

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 10, 2026255 m17.1°C32 m
Oct 5, 2026191 m—97 m
Oct 7, 2026331 m—64 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 10, 2026 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 10Oct 5, 2026 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 7, 2026 — seafloor 331 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 7

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

Dives

97 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
27
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
58
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010097 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (191 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 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m – 331 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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