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Monterey Bay

CRC-12280 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12280
CRC-12280 Confirmed in the catalog @552
Aug 9 – Sep 30, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, Right on Time

Cold green water, thick feed, my kind of early autumn.

82 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
52

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 9, 20261,041 m17.0°C82 m
Sep 30, 2026211 m—58 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 1,041 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 9Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
15
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
52
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,041 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 9, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,041 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
17.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
211 m – 1,041 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 17.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR 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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