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Monterey Bay

CRC-21127 – Residency

36th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21127
CRC-21127 Confirmed in the catalog @107252
May 17 – Oct 30, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Oct 2024

126 m
Deepest dive
5:13
Longest dive
359
Dives
Sightings
27
Days between first and last sighting
166

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 17, 2024101 m13.7°C40 m
May 27, 2024106 m13.4°C70 m
May 31, 202432 m13.7°C29 m
Jun 4, 202492 m13.5°C53 m
Jun 9, 202489 m13.0°C66 m
Jul 28, 202476 m16.1°C41 m
Jul 29, 202479 m16.1°C67 m
Jul 30, 202469 m16.4°C52 m
Jul 31, 2024105 m16.4°C14 m
Aug 1, 2024254 m16.3°C32 m
Aug 4, 202479 m15.4°C62 m
Aug 5, 202485 m15.6°C62 m
Aug 6, 2024155 m15.4°C78 m
Aug 7, 2024176 m15.2°C93 m
Aug 9, 2024110 m14.6°C98 m
Aug 10, 202432 m14.8°C25 m
Aug 12, 2024158 m14.0°C55 m
Aug 14, 2024187 m14.2°C59 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)May 17May 27, 2024 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)May 31, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2024 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 9, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2024 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2024 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2024 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2024 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Oct 24, 2024 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 24Oct 30, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)

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

Dives

126 m
Deepest dive
5:13
Longest dive
359
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
27
Sightings
166
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150126 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 20, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 27 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 27 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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