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Monterey Bay

CRC-10409 – Residency

33rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-10409
CRC-10409 Confirmed in the catalog @68
Apr 30 – Aug 29, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2025

200 m
Deepest dive
5:16
Longest dive
192
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
121

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 30, 202534 m12.4°C30 m
Jun 14, 20259 m—7 m
Jun 19, 202588 m13.7°C68 m
Jun 22, 202572 m12.9°C35 m
Jun 27, 202549 m12.9°C24 m
Jul 3, 2025113 m13.2°C79 m
Jul 5, 202566 m13.6°C47 m
Jul 6, 202554 m13.7°C47 m
Jul 9, 202562 m13.5°C57 m
Jul 11, 202553 m13.0°C46 m
Jul 14, 20251,084 m12.9°C47 m
Aug 15, 202570 m15.5°C58 m
Aug 19, 202573 m14.7°C40 m
Aug 20, 202562 m14.3°C28 m
Aug 28, 2025567 m17.0°C200 m
Aug 29, 2025108 m17.0°C75 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 30, 2025 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Apr 30Jun 14, 2025 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Jun 19, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 22, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 27, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 3, 2025 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 1,084 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 200 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 29

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

Dives

200 m
Deepest dive
5:16
Longest dive
192
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
121
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200200 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 28, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
9 m – 1,084 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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