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Monterey Bay

CRC-18505 – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18505
CRC-18505 Confirmed in the catalog @7547
Jun 20 – Sep 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Bay Knows My Name

This shelf drop hums right, and I keep showing up for it.

250 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
79
Deepest dive on record
250 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 202649 m16.9°C40 m
Jun 29, 202664 m16.2°C39 m
Jul 1, 2026294 m15.7°C250 m
Sep 3, 2026288 m15.3°C62 m
Sep 5, 2026112 m15.9°C72 m
Sep 7, 2026320 m15.7°C99 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 1, 2026 — seafloor 294 m (measured), deepest dive 250 m (modelled)Jul 1Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 288 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 320 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

250 m
Deepest dive
8:28
Longest dive
50
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
79
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300250 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (294 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 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
294 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 320 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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