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Monterey Bay

CRC-12475 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12475
CRC-12475 Confirmed in the catalog @11007
Feb 28 – May 19, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Spring in the hallway

Canyon water again thick with feed — mother knows this house.

193 m
Deepest dive
5:13
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
80

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 28, 20261,904 m14.5°C66 m
Mar 1, 2026467 m14.5°C193 m
May 19, 202656 m12.3°C50 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 28, 2026 — seafloor 1,904 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Feb 28Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 467 m (measured), deepest dive 193 m (modelled)Mar 1May 19, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)May 19

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

Dives

193 m
Deepest dive
5:13
Longest dive
43
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
80
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200193 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (467 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 · Mar 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
467 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 1,904 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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