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Monterey Bay

CRC-11323 – Residency

24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-11323
CRC-11323 Confirmed in the catalog @823
Jul 23 – Oct 13, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, Late Summer

Cold water, good light, someone always spots me here.

259 m
Deepest dive
8:16
Longest dive
113
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
82
Deepest dive on record
259 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 23, 2026168 m16.8°C107 m
Sep 24, 202671 m16.9°C63 m
Sep 25, 2026212 m16.6°C68 m
Sep 26, 2026152 m16.6°C62 m
Sep 30, 2026147 m16.6°C83 m
Oct 4, 2026386 m17.9°C259 m
Oct 13, 202636 m17.1°C32 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 23, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 23Sep 24, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 4, 2026 — seafloor 386 m (measured), deepest dive 259 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 13, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

259 m
Deepest dive
8:16
Longest dive
113
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
82
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300259 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (386 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 · Oct 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
386 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.9°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 386 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.6°C – 17.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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