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Monterey Bay

CRC-23617 – Residency

1st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-23617
CRC-23617 Confirmed in the catalog @147552
Aug 2 – Oct 10, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2026

76 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
30
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
69

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 2026518 m16.6°C76 m
Oct 10, 2026254 m—72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 518 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 2Oct 10, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 10

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

Dives

76 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
30
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
69
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010076 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (518 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 · Aug 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
518 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m – 518 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 7.0 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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