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Monterey Bay

CRC-19922 – Residency

53rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19922
CRC-19922 Confirmed in the catalog @66252
Aug 7 – Oct 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Canyon, Every Summer

Back where the krill stack up — flukes up, cameras ready.

164 m
Deepest dive
7:51
Longest dive
183
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
61
Deepest dive on record
164 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 202674 m17.5°C61 m
Sep 8, 2026532 m15.6°C61 m
Sep 15, 202662 m16.6°C54 m
Sep 19, 2026238 m16.3°C82 m
Sep 21, 2026188 m16.7°C143 m
Sep 21, 2026247 m16.6°C155 m
Sep 21, 2026567 m16.6°C62 m
Sep 22, 2026180 m17.1°C164 m
Sep 27, 2026254 m16.6°C71 m
Sep 27, 2026254 m16.6°C94 m
Sep 28, 202689 m16.7°C58 m
Sep 29, 2026162 m16.7°C112 m
Sep 30, 2026211 m16.6°C75 m
Oct 7, 2026156 m18.4°C45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 7Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 532 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2026 — seafloor 238 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 164 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 7, 2026 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)

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

Dives

164 m
Deepest dive
7:51
Longest dive
183
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200164 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (180 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 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
180 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C – 18.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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