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Monterey Bay

CRC-15899 – Residency

37th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15899
CRC-15899 Confirmed in the catalog @1399
Jul 1 – 25, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2025

75 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 2025148 m13.5°C75 m
Jul 25, 2025112 m16.2°C64 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, 2025 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 25

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
21
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (148 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, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
148 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
112 m – 148 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C – 16.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 9.0 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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