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Monterey Bay

CRC-22158 – Residency

72nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-22158
CRC-22158 Confirmed in the catalog @116558
Jul 29 – Sep 30, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Bend of Water

Weeks in one curve of bay, surfacing again and again.

171 m
Deepest dive
6:00
Longest dive
169
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 202670 m16.7°C49 m
Aug 11, 202698 m16.9°C65 m
Aug 13, 2026151 m16.8°C35 m
Aug 16, 2026254 m16.6°C59 m
Aug 20, 2026318 m17.0°C171 m
Aug 20, 2026404 m16.9°C101 m
Aug 22, 2026228 m16.6°C104 m
Aug 29, 202668 m15.8°C51 m
Aug 30, 202687 m15.2°C57 m
Aug 31, 2026244 m15.4°C92 m
Sep 6, 2026328 m15.5°C100 m
Sep 12, 202647 m17.2°C43 m
Sep 25, 2026567 m16.5°C46 m
Sep 29, 2026567 m16.5°C121 m
Sep 30, 2026147 m16.6°C57 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 29, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 11, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2026 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 318 m (measured), deepest dive 171 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 404 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2026 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)

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

Dives

171 m
Deepest dive
6:00
Longest dive
169
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
63
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200171 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (318 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 20, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
318 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 17.2°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 15 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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