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Monterey Bay

CRC-16398 – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16398
CRC-16398 Confirmed in the catalog @13356
Apr 14 – Jun 29, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jun 2025

104 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
149
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 14, 202587 m—65 m
Apr 21, 202564 m—56 m
Apr 22, 202555 m—43 m
Apr 23, 202578 m—58 m
Apr 24, 202573 m—46 m
Apr 25, 202567 m—55 m
Apr 28, 2025164 m—48 m
May 12, 202550 m—41 m
May 14, 2025254 m—104 m
May 15, 202558 m—34 m
Jun 23, 202552 m—28 m
Jun 24, 202579 m—32 m
Jun 29, 2025466 m—48 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 14, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Apr 14Apr 21, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Apr 22, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Apr 23, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 24, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Apr 25, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Apr 28, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Apr 28May 12, 2025 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 14, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)May 15, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)May 15Jun 23, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 24, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 466 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 29

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
149
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
76
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 14, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 466 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 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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