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Monterey Bay

CRC-21908 – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21908
CRC-21908 Confirmed in the catalog @114198
Jul 23 – Aug 11, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2026

46 m
Deepest dive
1:32
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 23, 202696 m17.0°C25 m
Aug 11, 202683 m16.9°C46 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 23, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 11, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 11

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

Dives

46 m
Deepest dive
1:32
Longest dive
12
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255046 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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