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Monterey Bay

CRC-21748 – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21748
CRC-21748 Confirmed in the catalog @106608
Jul 2 – Sep 23, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Late Summer on My Shelf

Cold water rose, I lunged, they caught me feeding.

130 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
114
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 202629 m15.6°C22 m
Jul 12, 2026250 m15.8°C70 m
Jul 13, 202681 m16.8°C18 m
Sep 13, 2026188 m—77 m
Sep 17, 2026107 m15.6°C85 m
Sep 19, 2026124 m—97 m
Sep 22, 2026203 m—130 m
Sep 23, 2026327 m—94 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 2, 2026 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 250 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 13Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 19, 2026 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 203 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
114
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
83
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (203 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 22, 2026

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

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 327 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 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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