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Monterey Bay

CRC-22689 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-22689
CRC-22689 Confirmed in the catalog @125710
May 15 – Aug 31, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Shelf Drops, Whale Stops

Monterey's edge feels like mine to work now.

143 m
Deepest dive
6:02
Longest dive
139
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
107
Deepest dive on record
143 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 15, 202626 m18.9°C22 m
May 16, 2026218 m18.8°C57 m
May 19, 2026438 m18.8°C115 m
May 20, 2026374 m18.9°C103 m
May 21, 202680 m19.3°C66 m
May 25, 2026581 m19.3°C111 m
Jun 25, 2026235 m17.4°C143 m
Aug 27, 2026318 m16.8°C56 m
Aug 30, 202695 m15.3°C58 m
Aug 31, 202696 m15.3°C67 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 15, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)May 15May 16, 2026 — seafloor 218 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)May 16May 19, 2026 — seafloor 438 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)May 19May 20, 2026 — seafloor 374 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)May 20May 21, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)May 21May 25, 2026 — seafloor 581 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)May 25Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Jun 25Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 318 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 31

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

Dives

143 m
Deepest dive
6:02
Longest dive
139
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
107
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150143 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (235 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 · Jun 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
235 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 581 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 19.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 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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