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Monterey Bay

CRC-23463 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-23463
CRC-23463 Confirmed in the catalog @142133
Jan 18 – Mar 13, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jan – Mar 2026

194 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
54
Deepest dive on record
194 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 18, 2026788 m16.8°C44 m
Mar 11, 2026323 m13.4°C194 m
Mar 13, 2026101 m13.3°C71 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 18, 2026 — seafloor 788 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jan 18Mar 11, 2026 — seafloor 323 m (measured), deepest dive 194 m (modelled)Mar 11Mar 13, 2026 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Mar 13

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

Dives

194 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
35
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200194 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (323 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 · Mar 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
323 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m – 788 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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