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Monterey Bay

CRC-15589 – Residency

49th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15589
CRC-15589 Confirmed in the catalog @692
Jul 2 – Oct 26, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2025

72 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
116

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 202598 m13.5°C72 m
Jul 18, 2025268 m15.6°C71 m
Oct 2, 202579 m17.4°C59 m
Oct 4, 2025273 m17.3°C62 m
Oct 25, 202576 m16.0°C56 m
Oct 26, 202583 m15.4°C62 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 268 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 18Oct 2, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 4, 2025 — seafloor 273 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 25, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 25Oct 26, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
62
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
116
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 · Jul 2, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 273 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 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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