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Monterey Bay

CRC-12439 – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12439
CRC-12439 Confirmed in the catalog @15455
Oct 1, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct 2026

10 m
Deepest dive
0:54
Longest dive
4
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 1, 202649 m17.1°C10 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 1, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Oct 1

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

Dives

10 m
Deepest dive
0:54
Longest dive
4
Dives
6 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255010 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (49 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 · Oct 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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