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Monterey Bay

CRC-15486 – Residency

43rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15486
CRC-15486 Confirmed in the catalog @1350
Jul 1 – Aug 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Cold Water, Good Company

Feed's thick, company's loud, this shelf never runs short on either.

138 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
37

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 2026158 m15.7°C138 m
Aug 7, 202658 m17.5°C49 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 1, 2026 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Jul 1Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 7

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

Dives

138 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
24
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
37
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150138 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (158 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 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
158 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 158 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 10.0 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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