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Monterey Bay

2021-2022 calf of CRC-12523 – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2021-2022 calf of CRC-12523
2021-2022 calf of CRC-12523 Confirmed in the catalog @85693
Jul 1 – Oct 9, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Kelp-Edge Regular

Whole month in my cold corner, boats idling, water thick with company.

201 m
Deepest dive
7:07
Longest dive
250
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
100

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 202627 m15.6°C23 m
Jul 2, 202629 m15.6°C24 m
Jul 14, 202665 m16.7°C59 m
Jul 15, 202672 m16.6°C35 m
Jul 15, 202673 m16.6°C51 m
Jul 16, 202673 m16.3°C62 m
Jul 18, 202667 m15.4°C46 m
Jul 19, 202663 m15.8°C51 m
Jul 20, 202661 m16.1°C44 m
Jul 21, 2026144 m17.3°C64 m
Jul 22, 202699 m17.2°C91 m
Sep 28, 202682 m16.7°C54 m
Sep 29, 2026162 m16.7°C148 m
Sep 30, 2026147 m16.6°C27 m
Oct 9, 2026254 m18.0°C201 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 1, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 2, 2026 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 148 m (modelled)Sep 29Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 201 m (modelled)

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

Dives

201 m
Deepest dive
7:07
Longest dive
250
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
100
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250201 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 9, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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