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Monterey Bay

2021-2022 calf of CRC-15063 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2021-2022 calf of CRC-15063
2021-2022 calf of CRC-15063 Confirmed in the catalog @94455
Aug 9 – Sep 6, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2025

130 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
182
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 9, 2025821 m—57 m
Aug 12, 202587 m—67 m
Aug 12, 2025102 m—79 m
Aug 13, 202576 m—69 m
Aug 19, 202578 m—58 m
Aug 20, 202565 m—51 m
Aug 20, 2025567 m—31 m
Aug 26, 202584 m—46 m
Aug 27, 2025180 m—130 m
Aug 28, 202597 m—63 m
Aug 30, 202597 m—56 m
Aug 31, 202588 m—67 m
Sep 2, 202564 m—46 m
Sep 3, 202589 m—80 m
Sep 3, 202594 m—86 m
Sep 6, 202592 m—76 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 821 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 6

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

Dives

130 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
182
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
28
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150130 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (180 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 · Aug 27, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
180 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 821 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 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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