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Monterey Bay

CRC-18751 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18751
CRC-18751 Confirmed in the catalog @56005
May 18 – Jul 4, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water Regular

Cold water, good company, camera clicks all summer long.

107 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
96
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
47

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 2026133 m11.4°C29 m
May 19, 2026119 m11.6°C107 m
May 20, 2026125 m11.7°C72 m
May 21, 202669 m11.6°C61 m
May 23, 2026116 m12.4°C49 m
May 24, 202687 m12.8°C42 m
Jul 4, 20269 m15.2°C8 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 18, 2026 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)May 18May 19, 2026 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)May 19May 20, 2026 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)May 20May 21, 2026 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 21May 23, 2026 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)May 23May 24, 2026 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)May 24Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Jul 4

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
96
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
47
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150107 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (119 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 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
119 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
9 m – 133 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 15.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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