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Monterey Bay

CRC-21566 – Residency

6th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21566
CRC-21566 Confirmed in the catalog @99101
Jul 20 – Aug 2, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Good Company

Cold Monterey water again this summer, and my back's easy to spot here.

113 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
13

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 2026377 m22.4°C113 m
Aug 2, 2026560 m16.7°C109 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 20, 2026 — seafloor 377 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 560 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Aug 2

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
12
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
13
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (377 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 · Jul 20, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
377 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
377 m – 560 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C – 22.4°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 16.0 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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