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Monterey Bay

CRC-17628 – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17628
CRC-17628 Confirmed in the catalog @24700
Sep 22 – Oct 5, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Autumn on the Canyon Edge

Cold water, full mouth, another good stretch of this bay.

214 m
Deepest dive
7:22
Longest dive
67
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
13
Deepest dive on record
214 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 22, 2026163 m—100 m
Sep 23, 2026123 m—88 m
Sep 25, 2026163 m—91 m
Sep 26, 2026206 m—153 m
Oct 4, 2026419 m—214 m
Oct 5, 2026301 m—49 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2026 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Sep 26Oct 4, 2026 — seafloor 419 m (measured), deepest dive 214 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 5, 2026 — seafloor 301 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

214 m
Deepest dive
7:22
Longest dive
67
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
13
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250214 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (419 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 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
419 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
123 m – 419 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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