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Monterey Bay

CRC-17782 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17782
CRC-17782 Confirmed in the catalog @27119
May 24 – 25, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey, Twice Over

Popped up twice in that canyon water—worth surfacing for.

181 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
181 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 24, 20261,150 m13.0°C181 m
May 25, 2026797 m13.3°C55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 24, 2026 — seafloor 1,150 m (measured), deepest dive 181 m (modelled)May 24May 25, 2026 — seafloor 797 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)May 25

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

Dives

181 m
Deepest dive
6:01
Longest dive
46
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200181 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,150 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 · May 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,150 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
797 m – 1,150 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 13.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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