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Monterey Bay

CRC-15638 – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15638
CRC-15638 Confirmed in the catalog @1351
Jul 6 – 22, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2025

122 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
240
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
16

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 6, 202570 m13.8°C45 m
Jul 7, 202575 m13.7°C44 m
Jul 7, 202555 m13.8°C45 m
Jul 7, 202563 m13.8°C52 m
Jul 8, 202572 m13.6°C65 m
Jul 8, 202548 m13.6°C37 m
Jul 9, 202561 m13.5°C53 m
Jul 14, 20251,084 m12.9°C122 m
Jul 19, 202594 m15.6°C34 m
Jul 22, 2025115 m16.0°C77 m
Jul 22, 2025104 m16.0°C91 m
Jul 22, 2025533 m15.9°C41 m
Jul 22, 202596 m16.0°C53 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 6, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 1,084 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2025 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 22, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2025 — seafloor 533 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 22

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
240
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
16
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,084 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 14, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
1,084 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 1,084 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 16.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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