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Monterey Bay

CRC-17794 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17794
CRC-17794 Confirmed in the catalog @27120
Sep 2 – 3, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Shelf, Old Habit

Twice this stretch, twenty-five times over — this water knows me.

64 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 2, 202673 m15.3°C64 m
Sep 3, 202675 m15.3°C31 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 2, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
16
Dives
19 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
05010064 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (73 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 · Sep 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 75 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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