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Monterey Bay

CRC-23127 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-23127
CRC-23127 Confirmed in the catalog @144244
Jun 29 – Sep 25, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Deep Summer, Same Shelf

Anchovy's up, boats keep finding me, this bay just keeps delivering.

172 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
88
Deepest dive on record
172 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 202670 m16.7°C28 m
Aug 15, 20261,089 m16.6°C70 m
Aug 25, 202653 m16.6°C47 m
Aug 26, 202679 m16.8°C38 m
Aug 26, 2026107 m16.8°C49 m
Sep 25, 2026254 m—172 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 29Aug 15, 2026 — seafloor 1,089 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 172 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

172 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
102
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
88
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200172 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 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 1,089 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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