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Monterey Bay

CRC-22579 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-22579
CRC-22579 Confirmed in the catalog @120154
Aug 13 – Sep 28, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Autumn on the Shelf

The green water again pulled a crowd, and I fed right through it.

85 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
46

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 13, 2026115 m16.7°C85 m
Sep 28, 2026148 m—64 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 13, 2026 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 13Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 28

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
12
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
46
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (115 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 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
115 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
115 m – 148 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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