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Monterey Bay

CRC-21505 – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21505
CRC-21505 Confirmed in the catalog @95023
Jun 23 – Sep 10, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Canyon, Familiar Water

Summer again over the canyon — quiet company, same green water.

122 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
79
Deepest dive on record
122 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 23, 2026-14 m15.7°C—
Sep 8, 2026219 m15.8°C59 m
Sep 9, 202694 m15.8°C79 m
Sep 10, 2026465 m17.7°C122 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 23, 2026 — seafloor -14 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 23Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 465 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Sep 10

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
39
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
79
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (465 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 10, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
465 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-14 m – 465 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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