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Monterey Bay

CRC-21578 – Residency

27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-21578
CRC-21578 Confirmed in the catalog @99220
Apr 13 – Jul 5, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jul 2025

188 m
Deepest dive
5:41
Longest dive
153
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 13, 202570 m—53 m
Apr 23, 2025567 m—115 m
May 1, 2025567 m—94 m
May 12, 202562 m—33 m
Jun 24, 202573 m—41 m
Jun 26, 202560 m—55 m
Jun 27, 2025254 m—88 m
Jun 27, 2025190 m—92 m
Jun 28, 202576 m—68 m
Jun 29, 2025466 m—188 m
Jul 1, 202564 m—41 m
Jul 1, 2025567 m—124 m
Jul 5, 202563 m—33 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 13, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Apr 13Apr 23, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)May 1, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)May 12, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)May 12Jun 24, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 27, 2025 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 466 m (measured), deepest dive 188 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 1, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 5

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

Dives

188 m
Deepest dive
5:41
Longest dive
153
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200188 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (466 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 · Jun 29, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
466 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 567 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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