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Monterey Bay

CRC-12563 – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12563
CRC-12563 Confirmed in the catalog @836
Sep 3, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep 2026

61 m
Deepest dive
1:38
Longest dive
5
Dives
Sightings
1
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)
Sep 3, 202675 m15.3°C61 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
1:38
Longest dive
5
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010061 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (75 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 · Sep 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
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 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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