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Monterey Bay

CRC-20373 – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-20373
CRC-20373 Confirmed in the catalog @79294
Mar 27, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, Early Spring

Spring found me right where the water gets rich and this coast just knows my fluke.

131 m
Deepest dive
4:42
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 27, 2026711 m13.0°C131 m
Mar 27, 20261,325 m13.0°C41 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 27, 2026 — seafloor 711 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Mar 27Mar 27, 2026 — seafloor 1,325 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Mar 27

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
4:42
Longest dive
40
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (711 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 · Mar 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
711 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
711 m – 1,325 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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