Rafah (California) @21083
"Rafah" means prosperity, as the circular scars on his tail look like a horde of coins. This whale is known as a male from research by NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)
Monterey Bay · North Pacific
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Sightings
10
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DeepEffort across the feeding and breeding grounds, year over year.
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3 earnedFirst of the Year
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4 Bays Visited
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Pods
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CRC-21446 @94456 since Feb 14, 2026
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Recent activity
Gulf of California · Feb 2026 Feb 14, 2026 · Gulf of California 36 m deepest· 2:06 longest Monterey Bay · Jul 2024 Jul 31, 2024 · Monterey Bay — deepest Gulf of the Farallones · Aug 2023 Aug 16, 2023 · Gulf of the Farallones — deepest Monterey Bay · Aug 2018–Oct 2018 Oct 16, 2018 · Monterey Bay — deepest
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