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Monterey Bay

CRC-21450 – Residency

28th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21450
CRC-21450 Confirmed in the catalog @94464
Jul 15 – Sep 3, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2025

108 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
116
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 15, 202552 m—44 m
Jul 21, 202594 m—28 m
Jul 23, 202574 m—54 m
Jul 23, 2025567 m—59 m
Aug 9, 2025821 m—76 m
Aug 10, 2025626 m—73 m
Aug 10, 2025767 m—57 m
Aug 16, 2025107 m—82 m
Aug 19, 202568 m—39 m
Aug 29, 2025115 m—59 m
Aug 30, 202597 m—80 m
Sep 2, 202585 m—27 m
Sep 3, 2025129 m—108 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 15, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 21, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 821 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 626 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 767 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
116
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (129 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 3, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
129 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 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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