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Monterey Bay

CRC-15627 – Residency

82nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15627
CRC-15627 Confirmed in the catalog @4349
Apr 26 – Jun 25, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water Season

Spring's back on the shelf, and the feeding's already good.

81 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
84
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
59

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 26, 20261,128 m14.0°C68 m
May 25, 202695 m13.1°C81 m
Jun 18, 20261,297 m15.5°C49 m
Jun 21, 202667 m16.8°C35 m
Jun 25, 202682 m16.7°C29 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 26, 2026 — seafloor 1,128 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Apr 26May 25, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)May 25Jun 18, 2026 — seafloor 1,297 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jun 25

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

Dives

81 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
84
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
59
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010081 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 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 · May 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m – 1,297 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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