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Monterey Bay

CRC-23134 – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-23134
CRC-23134 Confirmed in the catalog @142341
Jul 2 – Sep 22, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, All Summer

Bait balls, crowds, cameras clicking — this canyon fed me well.

168 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
182
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
82

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 202629 m15.6°C26 m
Jul 4, 202646 m16.0°C41 m
Jul 5, 2026254 m16.4°C89 m
Aug 29, 2026224 m15.6°C33 m
Aug 31, 202683 m15.3°C57 m
Sep 1, 2026254 m15.2°C75 m
Sep 3, 2026300 m15.3°C134 m
Sep 5, 2026254 m15.8°C168 m
Sep 5, 2026110 m16.0°C52 m
Sep 16, 2026265 m15.5°C95 m
Sep 17, 2026567 m—60 m
Sep 19, 2026254 m—98 m
Sep 22, 2026567 m—50 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 2, 2026 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 224 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 300 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 168 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2026 — seafloor 265 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

168 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
182
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
82
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200168 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 · Sep 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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