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Monterey Bay

CRC-19835 – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19835
CRC-19835 Confirmed in the catalog @73845
Aug 20 – Sep 14, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Canyon, Same Summer

Still circling my favorite drop-off, same eyes watching above.

232 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
123
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 2026145 m17.0°C66 m
Aug 21, 2026191 m16.8°C47 m
Aug 21, 2026103 m16.9°C57 m
Aug 22, 2026156 m16.6°C50 m
Aug 29, 2026306 m15.5°C232 m
Sep 3, 2026235 m15.3°C128 m
Sep 8, 2026531 m15.6°C73 m
Sep 14, 2026254 m—176 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 20, 2026 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2026 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 306 m (measured), deepest dive 232 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 531 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 176 m (modelled)Sep 14

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

Dives

232 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
123
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
25
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250232 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (306 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 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
306 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m – 531 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 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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