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Monterey Bay

CRC-21727 – Residency

60th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21727
CRC-21727 Confirmed in the catalog @106580
Sep 28 – Oct 20, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Autumn Bay, Best Fluke

Mid-autumn in my bay, caught twice, cameras know quality when they see it.

45 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 28, 202682 m16.7°C45 m
Oct 20, 202689 m19.2°C42 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 20, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Oct 20

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
14
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 · Sep 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m – 89 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C – 19.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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