CRC-15278 – Residency
24th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-15278 @1098
Jul 4 – Oct 5, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Canyon Kitchen, Late Summer
Cold water, good company, the bay showing off for me again this stretch.
157 m
Deepest dive
5:45
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 93
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 357 m | 17.4°C | 49 m |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 960 m | 17.1°C | 124 m |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 71 m | 16.7°C | 46 m |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 172 m | 16.7°C | 157 m |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 144 m | 16.6°C | 109 m |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 155 m | 18.0°C | 91 m |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 266 m | 17.9°C | 24 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
157 m
Deepest dive
5:45
Longest dive
66
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
93
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (172 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Sep 29, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 172 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m – 960 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.6°C – 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 19.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.