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Monterey Bay

CRC-15615 – Residency

26th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15615
CRC-15615 Confirmed in the catalog @927
Jul 24 – Sep 21, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2025

205 m
Deepest dive
9:37
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
59

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2025253 m16.0°C110 m
Aug 9, 2025567 m15.1°C75 m
Sep 12, 202583 m16.8°C27 m
Sep 21, 2025567 m16.9°C205 m
Sep 21, 202573 m17.4°C56 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 24, 2025 — seafloor 253 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 9Sep 12, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 21, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 205 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 21, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 21

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

Dives

205 m
Deepest dive
9:37
Longest dive
82
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
59
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250205 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 21, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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