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Monterey Bay

CRC-12480 – Residency

37th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12480
CRC-12480 Confirmed in the catalog @584
Jul 28 – 31, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2025

94 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 28, 2025158 m16.4°C94 m
Jul 30, 202597 m15.7°C39 m
Jul 31, 2025109 m15.5°C35 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 28, 2025 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 31

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
25
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (158 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 · Jul 28, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
158 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
97 m – 158 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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