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Monterey Bay

CRC-17794 – Residency

23rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17794
CRC-17794 Confirmed in the catalog @27120
Aug 2 – 19, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug 2025

110 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 20251,066 m—110 m
Aug 19, 202572 m—45 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 2, 2025 — seafloor 1,066 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 19

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
17
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,066 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 · Aug 2, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
1,066 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
19.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m – 1,066 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 19.0 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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