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Monterey Bay

2022-2023 calf of CRC-15740 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2022-2023 calf of CRC-15740
2022-2023 calf of CRC-15740 Confirmed in the catalog @109390
Aug 20 – Oct 4, 2026 · Monterey Bay

My Green Water Autumn

Cold air, deep green water, the drop-off doing what it always does—feeding me.

108 m
Deepest dive
4:02
Longest dive
86
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
45

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 2026316 m17.0°C108 m
Sep 21, 2026188 m—49 m
Sep 25, 2026189 m—45 m
Sep 26, 2026279 m—86 m
Sep 28, 202689 m—35 m
Sep 29, 2026162 m—69 m
Sep 30, 2026153 m—89 m
Oct 4, 2026124 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
Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 316 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 279 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 29Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 4, 2026 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Oct 4

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
4:02
Longest dive
86
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
45
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (316 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 · Aug 20, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
316 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
89 m – 316 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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