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Monterey Bay

CRC-23737 – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-23737
CRC-23737 Confirmed in the catalog @150708
Dec 20, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Dec 2025 – Mar 2026

109 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
82
Deepest dive on record
109 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 20, 202566 m—60 m
Jan 24, 202670 m14.0°C55 m
Jan 26, 2026189 m14.1°C75 m
Mar 11, 2026567 m13.4°C109 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 20, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Dec 20Jan 24, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jan 24Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jan 26Mar 11, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Mar 11

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
79
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
82
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 14.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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