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Monterey Bay

2022 calf of CRC-18678 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2022 calf of CRC-18678
2022 calf of CRC-18678 Confirmed in the catalog @80548
Jul 3 – Aug 22, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Summer in the Green Water

Kelp's edge turned over just right this stretch—feeding was easy, company plenty.

49 m
Deepest dive
2:02
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 3, 202627 m15.4°C23 m
Jul 6, 202632 m16.4°C28 m
Aug 22, 202667 m16.4°C49 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 3, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 6, 2026 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 6Aug 22, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 22

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

Dives

49 m
Deepest dive
2:02
Longest dive
29
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255049 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (67 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 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 67 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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