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Monterey Bay

CRC-18249 – Residency

37th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18249
CRC-18249 Confirmed in the catalog @22678
Apr 6 – Jul 8, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jul 2025

150 m
Deepest dive
5:48
Longest dive
135
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
93

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 6, 2025586 m12.6°C150 m
Jun 23, 202567 m12.9°C27 m
Jun 26, 2025104 m12.9°C91 m
Jun 30, 2025537 m12.8°C74 m
Jul 5, 202563 m13.6°C42 m
Jul 7, 202560 m13.8°C22 m
Jul 7, 202562 m13.8°C55 m
Jul 8, 202557 m13.7°C36 m
Jul 8, 202572 m13.6°C47 m
Jul 8, 202548 m13.6°C37 m
Jul 8, 202526 m13.7°C22 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 586 m (measured), deepest dive 150 m (modelled)Apr 6Jun 23, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jun 23Jun 26, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 537 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 8

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

Dives

150 m
Deepest dive
5:48
Longest dive
135
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
93
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150150 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (586 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 · Apr 6, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
586 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 586 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 13.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 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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