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Monterey Bay

CRC-15278 – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15278
CRC-15278 Confirmed in the catalog @1098
Jul 4 – Oct 5, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Kitchen, Late Summer

Cold water, good company, the bay showing off for me again this stretch.

157 m
Deepest dive
5:45
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
93

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 4, 2026357 m17.4°C49 m
Sep 27, 2026960 m17.1°C124 m
Sep 28, 202671 m16.7°C46 m
Sep 29, 2026172 m16.7°C157 m
Sep 30, 2026144 m16.6°C109 m
Oct 3, 2026155 m18.0°C91 m
Oct 5, 2026266 m17.9°C24 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 4, 2026 — seafloor 357 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 4Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 960 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 157 m (modelled)Sep 29Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 5, 2026 — seafloor 266 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

157 m
Deepest dive
5:45
Longest dive
66
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
93
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200157 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (172 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 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 960 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 19.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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