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Monterey Bay

CRC-20292 – Residency

41st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-20292
CRC-20292 Confirmed in the catalog @91837
May 1 – Sep 2, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2025

196 m
Deepest dive
8:19
Longest dive
202
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
124

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 1, 202556 m12.4°C43 m
May 29, 202547 m12.7°C37 m
Jul 21, 2025128 m15.7°C105 m
Aug 3, 202572 m15.1°C63 m
Aug 5, 2025178 m14.9°C63 m
Aug 9, 2025567 m15.1°C121 m
Aug 17, 202569 m15.7°C47 m
Aug 18, 202556 m15.4°C40 m
Aug 19, 202568 m14.7°C46 m
Aug 20, 202566 m14.4°C49 m
Aug 20, 2025567 m14.6°C196 m
Aug 21, 202567 m14.2°C27 m
Aug 27, 2025137 m15.2°C67 m
Aug 29, 2025114 m17.0°C48 m
Sep 1, 202588 m16.7°C28 m
Sep 2, 2025101 m17.2°C36 m
Sep 2, 202580 m17.2°C48 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 1, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)May 1May 29, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2025 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 196 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)

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

Dives

196 m
Deepest dive
8:19
Longest dive
202
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
124
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200196 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 20, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 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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