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Monterey Bay

CRC-16359 – Residency

73rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16359
CRC-16359 Confirmed in the catalog @22304
Apr 6 – Sep 3, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2025

178 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
144
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
150

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 6, 2025276 m13.2°C48 m
Jun 30, 2025291 m13.0°C79 m
Jul 3, 2025113 m13.2°C79 m
Jul 6, 202558 m13.8°C47 m
Jul 7, 202557 m13.8°C40 m
Jul 8, 2025254 m13.6°C178 m
Jul 8, 202528 m13.6°C24 m
Jul 8, 202547 m13.7°C43 m
Jul 8, 202572 m13.6°C56 m
Jul 30, 202584 m15.9°C60 m
Jul 30, 2025567 m15.6°C34 m
Jul 31, 202574 m16.0°C13 m
Aug 1, 202583 m15.8°C71 m
Aug 18, 202556 m15.4°C31 m
Sep 3, 202580 m16.9°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 6, 2025 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Apr 6Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 291 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2025 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 178 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)

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

Dives

178 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
144
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
150
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200178 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 8, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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