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Monterey Bay

CRC-21444 – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21444
CRC-21444 Confirmed in the catalog @94452
Jun 28 – Aug 30, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Green Shelf, Good Company

Cold water rose, krill ran thick, I stayed put and ate well.

110 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
63
Deepest dive on record
110 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2026184 m17.1°C110 m
Jul 24, 2026416 m17.0°C87 m
Aug 30, 2026230 m15.4°C36 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 28, 2026 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 24, 2026 — seafloor 416 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 230 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 30

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
28
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
63
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (184 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 · Jun 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
184 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
184 m – 416 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 17.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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