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Monterey Bay

2021-2022 calf of CRC-15063 – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2021-2022 calf of CRC-15063
2021-2022 calf of CRC-15063 Confirmed in the catalog @94455
Jun 30 – Sep 21, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Anchovy Season, Solo

Whole bay smells like dinner and I'm the one eating it.

120 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
121
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 202650 m16.1°C36 m
Jul 2, 202629 m15.6°C20 m
Sep 6, 2026328 m15.5°C51 m
Sep 7, 2026320 m15.7°C57 m
Sep 9, 2026160 m15.8°C120 m
Sep 10, 2026164 m17.7°C39 m
Sep 13, 2026188 m—105 m
Sep 14, 2026270 m16.2°C31 m
Sep 15, 2026151 m16.4°C59 m
Sep 16, 2026163 m15.8°C71 m
Sep 17, 2026107 m15.6°C84 m
Sep 19, 2026238 m—106 m
Sep 21, 2026184 m—37 m
Sep 21, 2026247 m—78 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 2, 2026 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 320 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 270 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2026 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2026 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2026 — seafloor 238 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
121
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (160 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 9, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
160 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 328 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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