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Monterey Bay

CRC-18620 – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18620
CRC-18620 Confirmed in the catalog @47378
Feb 20 – Apr 5, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Good Company

Shelf edge, thick feed, plenty of shoulders surfacing beside mine.

413 m
Deepest dive
12:37
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
44
Deepest dive on record
413 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 20, 2026848 m13.6°C114 m
Apr 5, 2026677 m14.3°C413 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 20, 2026 — seafloor 848 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Feb 20Apr 5, 2026 — seafloor 677 m (measured), deepest dive 413 m (modelled)Apr 5

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

Dives

413 m
Deepest dive
12:37
Longest dive
52
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
44
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0225450413 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (677 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 · Apr 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
677 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
677 m – 848 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 9.0 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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