CRC-22538 – Residency
26th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-22538 @120108
May 14 – 21, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Spring Roll Call
Another May, another crowd of blows to join.
80 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
73
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 7
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | 151 m | 12.1°C | 52 m |
| May 18, 2026 | 80 m | 11.4°C | 73 m |
| May 19, 2026 | 100 m | 11.6°C | 58 m |
| May 20, 2026 | 96 m | 11.7°C | 59 m |
| May 21, 2026 | 254 m | 11.6°C | 80 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
80 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
73
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
7
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 (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.4°C – 12.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.