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Monterey Bay

CRC-15923 – Residency

5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15923
CRC-15923 Confirmed in the catalog @957
Mar 30 – 31, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Spring Roll Call, Monterey

Green water, familiar fins nearby, another spring logged in the same old ledger.

160 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
160 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 30, 2026604 m13.7°C63 m
Mar 31, 2026901 m14.0°C160 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 30, 2026 — seafloor 604 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Mar 30Mar 31, 2026 — seafloor 901 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Mar 31

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

Dives

160 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
28
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200160 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (901 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 · Mar 31, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
901 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
604 m – 901 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 14.0°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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