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Monterey Bay

CRC-19738 – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19738
CRC-19738 Confirmed in the catalog @76678
May 18 – 21, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Close to Shore, Every May

Green water, shallow shelf, another May I couldn't stay away from.

101 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 2026129 m11.4°C101 m
May 19, 202664 m11.6°C42 m
May 20, 2026124 m11.7°C32 m
May 21, 202663 m11.6°C57 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)May 18May 19, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)May 19May 20, 2026 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)May 20May 21, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)May 21

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
46
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
3
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (129 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 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
129 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m – 129 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 11.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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