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Monterey Bay

CRC-20719 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-20719
CRC-20719 Confirmed in the catalog @82286
May 18 – 23, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Full House

Crowded surface, cold water, exactly the company I wanted this May.

96 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 18, 2026105 m11.4°C62 m
May 20, 202667 m11.7°C52 m
May 22, 2026115 m12.0°C96 m
May 23, 202666 m12.3°C56 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 105 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)May 18May 20, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)May 20May 22, 2026 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)May 22May 23, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)May 23

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
52
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
5
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (115 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 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
115 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 115 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 12.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 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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