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Monterey Bay

CRC-19951 – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19951
CRC-19951 Confirmed in the catalog @62840
Sep 24 – Oct 11, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon edge, feeding well

September upwelling, twice caught, belly full of this cold water.

155 m
Deepest dive
6:26
Longest dive
72
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 24, 2026114 m—70 m
Sep 27, 2026215 m—155 m
Sep 29, 2026172 m—104 m
Sep 30, 2026147 m—40 m
Oct 1, 2026567 m—37 m
Oct 3, 2026155 m—110 m
Oct 11, 2026100 m—64 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 24, 2026 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Sep 29Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 1, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 1Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 11, 2026 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 11

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

Dives

155 m
Deepest dive
6:26
Longest dive
72
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
17
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200155 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (215 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 · Sep 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
215 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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