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Monterey Bay

CRC-16404 – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16404
CRC-16404 Confirmed in the catalog @3008
Jul 1 – Sep 27, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Late Summer

Krill's up, canyon's cold, crowd's back in the bay — bliss.

202 m
Deepest dive
7:16
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
88
Deepest dive on record
202 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 2026225 m15.7°C90 m
Sep 18, 2026254 m—104 m
Sep 22, 2026272 m—59 m
Sep 22, 2026322 m—42 m
Sep 24, 2026231 m—202 m
Sep 25, 202656 m—48 m
Sep 26, 202683 m—68 m
Sep 27, 2026254 m—61 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 1, 2026 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 1Sep 18, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 272 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 322 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 24, 2026 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 202 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 27

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

Dives

202 m
Deepest dive
7:16
Longest dive
115
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
88
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250202 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (231 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 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
231 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 322 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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