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Monterey Bay

CRC-16657 – Residency

9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16657
CRC-16657 Confirmed in the catalog @3047
Mar 28 – Jun 23, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water Homecoming

Caught twice this spring, right where the feed piles up.

398 m
Deepest dive
11:35
Longest dive
6
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
86
Deepest dive on record
398 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 28, 2026508 m13.4°C398 m
Jun 23, 2026-15 m15.7°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 28, 2026 — seafloor 508 m (measured), deepest dive 398 m (modelled)Mar 28Jun 23, 2026 — seafloor -15 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 23

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

Dives

398 m
Deepest dive
11:35
Longest dive
6
Dives
113 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
86
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0200400398 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (508 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 · Mar 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
508 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-15 m – 508 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
7.0 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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