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Monterey Bay

Monterey - 2020-2021 calf of CRC-15591 – Residency

146th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Monterey - 2020-2021 calf of CRC-15591
Monterey - 2020-2021 calf of CRC-15591 Confirmed in the catalog @65201
Apr 29 – Oct 11, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Oct 2025

216 m
Deepest dive
7:00
Longest dive
249
Dives
Sightings
23
Days between first and last sighting
165

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 29, 202560 m12.8°C54 m
May 1, 202579 m13.1°C68 m
May 31, 202558 m13.9°C53 m
Jun 1, 202551 m14.2°C29 m
Jun 5, 202555 m14.4°C40 m
Jun 6, 202551 m14.9°C25 m
Jun 8, 202576 m15.3°C54 m
Jun 9, 202565 m14.8°C56 m
Jul 6, 202560 m13.8°C55 m
Jul 6, 202570 m13.8°C58 m
Jul 6, 202570 m13.8°C56 m
Jul 7, 202560 m13.8°C55 m
Jul 8, 202572 m13.6°C48 m
Jul 19, 202571 m15.6°C58 m
Jul 21, 202597 m15.7°C65 m
Jul 28, 202572 m16.5°C51 m
Aug 18, 202577 m15.5°C55 m
Aug 25, 202576 m13.0°C31 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 29, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Apr 29May 1, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)May 31, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 1, 2025 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 5Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 9, 2025 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 8, 2025 — seafloor 362 m (measured), deepest dive 216 m (modelled)Oct 11, 2025 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)

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

Dives

216 m
Deepest dive
7:00
Longest dive
249
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
23
Sightings
165
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250216 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (362 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 8, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
362 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 23 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 362 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 18.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 23 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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