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Monterey Bay

CRC-19918 – Residency

92nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19918
CRC-19918 Confirmed in the catalog @66756
Jun 24 – Sep 15, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Shelf, Same Self

Summer again — cold water, full water, faces from small boats.

120 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 202680 m16.6°C28 m
Sep 3, 2026123 m15.3°C58 m
Sep 5, 2026110 m16.0°C77 m
Sep 6, 2026328 m15.5°C107 m
Sep 7, 2026276 m15.9°C103 m
Sep 15, 2026251 m16.5°C120 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 24, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 24Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 15, 2026 — seafloor 251 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Sep 15

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
4:14
Longest dive
70
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
83
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (251 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 15, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
251 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 328 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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