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Monterey Bay

CRC-21073 – Residency

2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21073
CRC-21073 Confirmed in the catalog @82580
Jun 30 – Jul 1, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Good Company

Caught twice this stretch, and my usual fin was right there.

96 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
96 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 202649 m16.1°C28 m
Jul 1, 2026188 m15.7°C96 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 30, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 1, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 1

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
21
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (188 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 · Jul 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
188 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 188 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C – 16.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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