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Monterey Bay

CRC-22601 – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-22601
CRC-22601 Confirmed in the catalog @123171
May 23 – Oct 14, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Green Water, Again

Summer light called, I came back, stayed close.

138 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
97
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
144

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 23, 2026116 m12.4°C55 m
Jun 29, 2026-17 m16.4°C—
Aug 5, 202662 m17.1°C52 m
Aug 8, 202688 m17.3°C57 m
Sep 6, 2026328 m15.5°C138 m
Sep 7, 202690 m15.6°C75 m
Sep 27, 2026111 m—54 m
Sep 28, 202673 m—50 m
Oct 2, 2026254 m—69 m
Oct 3, 2026155 m—121 m
Oct 13, 2026153 m—79 m
Oct 14, 2026136 m—95 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 23, 2026 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)May 23Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor -17 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 29Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 8Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 2, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 13, 2026 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Oct 13Oct 14, 2026 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Oct 14

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
97
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
144
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (328 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 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
328 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-17 m – 328 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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