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Monterey Bay

CRC-12391 – Residency

44th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12391
CRC-12391 Confirmed in the catalog @7611
Jul 19 – Oct 5, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2025

135 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
208
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
78

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 202571 m15.6°C53 m
Jul 19, 202593 m15.6°C38 m
Aug 9, 2025821 m15.2°C135 m
Aug 21, 202564 m14.2°C34 m
Aug 23, 202563 m13.7°C48 m
Aug 24, 2025106 m13.8°C48 m
Aug 27, 202595 m15.2°C60 m
Aug 28, 2025112 m17.1°C46 m
Aug 29, 2025114 m17.0°C84 m
Sep 15, 202571 m16.9°C51 m
Sep 28, 202580 m17.1°C66 m
Sep 29, 202547 m17.2°C37 m
Oct 5, 2025125 m17.0°C96 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 19, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 821 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 15Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

135 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
208
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
78
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150135 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (821 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 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
821 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 821 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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