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Monterey Bay

CRC-15489 – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15489
CRC-15489 Confirmed in the catalog @1362
Apr 19 – Aug 27, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2025

337 m
Deepest dive
8:09
Longest dive
216
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
130
Deepest dive on record
337 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 2025567 m12.2°C337 m
May 31, 202588 m14.0°C73 m
Jun 5, 202554 m14.4°C35 m
Jun 6, 202553 m14.9°C42 m
Jun 6, 202555 m14.9°C27 m
Jun 25, 2025567 m12.8°C44 m
Jul 6, 2025254 m13.7°C58 m
Jul 6, 202570 m13.8°C48 m
Jul 6, 202553 m13.7°C47 m
Jul 7, 202560 m13.8°C32 m
Jul 7, 202551 m13.9°C36 m
Jul 7, 202557 m13.8°C39 m
Jul 8, 202548 m13.6°C38 m
Jul 9, 202562 m13.5°C39 m
Aug 22, 202553 m14.1°C39 m
Aug 27, 2025197 m15.3°C74 m
Aug 27, 2025131 m15.3°C73 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 19, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 337 m (modelled)Apr 19May 31, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 6Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jun 25, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)

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

Dives

337 m
Deepest dive
8:09
Longest dive
216
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
130
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350337 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

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Place

Where this happened · Apr 19, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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