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Monterey Bay

CRC-23278 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-23278
CRC-23278 Confirmed in the catalog @125749
May 18 – 21, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, Krill Season

Crowded green water, easy boats, this is exactly where I want to be.

61 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 202691 m11.4°C30 m
May 19, 202668 m11.6°C58 m
May 21, 202668 m11.6°C61 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)May 18May 19, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)May 19May 21, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 21

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
21
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010061 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (68 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 · May 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 91 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 11.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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