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Monterey Bay

CRC-16387 – Residency

67th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16387
CRC-16387 Confirmed in the catalog @13189
Apr 15 – Sep 2, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2025

210 m
Deepest dive
7:15
Longest dive
183
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
140

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 15, 2025537 m16.2°C49 m
Jun 4, 202570 m14.3°C42 m
Jun 4, 202586 m14.3°C63 m
Jun 6, 202570 m14.9°C60 m
Jun 6, 202563 m14.9°C57 m
Jun 13, 202556 m14.5°C32 m
Jul 2, 2025743 m13.4°C62 m
Jul 5, 2025567 m13.2°C210 m
Jul 5, 202559 m13.5°C53 m
Jul 12, 202585 m12.9°C77 m
Jul 17, 2025325 m15.7°C58 m
Jul 19, 2025125 m15.6°C65 m
Aug 12, 2025105 m15.2°C34 m
Sep 2, 202580 m17.2°C55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 15, 2025 — seafloor 537 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 15Jun 4, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 6Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 13, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 743 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 210 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 325 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 12Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)

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

Dives

210 m
Deepest dive
7:15
Longest dive
183
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
140
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250210 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Jul 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 743 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 17.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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