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Monterey Bay

CRC-10552 – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-10552
CRC-10552 Confirmed in the catalog @370
Mar 11 – Jul 9, 2026 · Monterey Bay

That Green Shelf, Right On Time

Spring feed thick, water cold and generous — exactly why I keep this coastline close.

162 m
Deepest dive
6:23
Longest dive
63
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
119
Deepest dive on record
162 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 11, 2026183 m15.0°C162 m
Apr 24, 2026507 m13.7°C74 m
Apr 25, 2026300 m14.0°C74 m
Jul 9, 202675 m16.0°C62 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 11, 2026 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 162 m (modelled)Mar 11Apr 24, 2026 — seafloor 507 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Apr 24Apr 25, 2026 — seafloor 300 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Apr 25Jul 9, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 9

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

Dives

162 m
Deepest dive
6:23
Longest dive
63
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
119
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200162 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 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 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m – 507 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 16.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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