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Monterey Bay

CRC-17591 – Residency

25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17591
CRC-17591 Confirmed in the catalog @6822
Aug 2 – 28, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Shelf Edge, Full Krill

Cold water rose, krill piled up, I just leaned in.

81 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
117
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 2026158 m16.8°C81 m
Aug 3, 2026116 m17.5°C45 m
Aug 5, 202638 m17.2°C34 m
Aug 6, 202647 m17.2°C41 m
Aug 8, 202688 m17.3°C78 m
Aug 9, 2026567 m17.0°C54 m
Aug 27, 202687 m16.8°C52 m
Aug 28, 2026567 m16.3°C47 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 2, 2026 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 3, 2026 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 28

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

Dives

81 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
117
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
26
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010081 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (158 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 · Aug 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
158 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
38 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C – 17.5°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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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