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Monterey Bay

CRC-16937 – Residency

8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16937
CRC-16937 Confirmed in the catalog @6858
May 24 – Jul 12, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Early Summer

Cold shelf's thick again with feed, and I'm right where I belong.

62 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 24, 202670 m13.0°C62 m
Jul 12, 202683 m15.8°C39 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 24, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)May 24Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 12

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
32
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
49
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (70 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 · May 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m – 83 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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