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Monterey Bay

CRC-19577 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19577
CRC-19577 Confirmed in the catalog @56639
Sep 9 – Oct 4, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Cold Green Shelf, Twice Over

Spotted twice this stretch, right where the shelf drops cold and green.

141 m
Deepest dive
4:31
Longest dive
30
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
25
Deepest dive on record
141 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 9, 2026110 m15.8°C34 m
Sep 10, 2026386 m17.7°C66 m
Oct 4, 2026567 m—141 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 386 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 10Oct 4, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)Oct 4

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

Dives

141 m
Deepest dive
4:31
Longest dive
30
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
25
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150141 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Oct 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C – 17.7°C
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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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