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Monterey Bay

CRC-21098 – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21098
CRC-21098 Confirmed in the catalog @46920
Jul 15 – Sep 16, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2025

190 m
Deepest dive
6:18
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 15, 2025307 m—60 m
Jul 23, 2025567 m—73 m
Aug 5, 2025386 m—190 m
Aug 5, 2025876 m—79 m
Aug 10, 2025383 m—71 m
Sep 16, 2025503 m—110 m
Sep 16, 2025143 m—84 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 15, 2025 — seafloor 307 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 386 m (measured), deepest dive 190 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 876 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 383 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 503 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

190 m
Deepest dive
6:18
Longest dive
52
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
63
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200190 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (386 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 · Aug 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
386 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
143 m – 876 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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