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Monterey Bay

CRC-22679 – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-22679
CRC-22679 Confirmed in the catalog @125634
Aug 30 – Sep 1, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Late Summer, Thick Water

End of August, feed's up, I'm circling right where I like it.

86 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
10
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 30, 2026257 m15.4°C40 m
Sep 1, 2026169 m15.2°C86 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 257 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
10
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (169 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 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
169 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
169 m – 257 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 15.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 5.0 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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