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Monterey Bay

CRC-15857 – Residency

2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-15857
CRC-15857 Confirmed in the catalog @977
Aug 31 – Sep 1, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Cold Water, Good Company

Made it back to the good green feed, twice worth catching this time.

119 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
53
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
119 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 2026165 m15.3°C51 m
Sep 1, 2026231 m15.2°C119 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 31, 2026 — seafloor 165 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

119 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
53
Dives
23 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
075150119 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (231 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 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
231 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
165 m – 231 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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