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Monterey Bay

CRC-15073 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15073
CRC-15073 Confirmed in the catalog @2430
Aug 5 – Oct 14, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2026

238 m
Deepest dive
7:12
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
70
Deepest dive on record
238 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 5, 202675 m17.1°C61 m
Oct 14, 2026923 m—238 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 5Oct 14, 2026 — seafloor 923 m (measured), deepest dive 238 m (modelled)Oct 14

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

Dives

238 m
Deepest dive
7:12
Longest dive
42
Dives
40 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
70
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250238 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (923 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 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
923 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m – 923 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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