CRC-22560 – Residency
9th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-22560 @120131
May 18 – 29, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Spring Shows Up Early
Green water thick with bait and company before autumn even asks.
252 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
89
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 11
- Deepest dive on record
- 252 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | 143 m | 11.4°C | 86 m |
| May 19, 2026 | 116 m | 11.6°C | 65 m |
| May 20, 2026 | 118 m | 11.7°C | 47 m |
| May 21, 2026 | 63 m | 11.6°C | 43 m |
| May 22, 2026 | 115 m | 12.0°C | 55 m |
| May 29, 2026 | 567 m | 13.3°C | 252 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
252 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
89
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
11
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 (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 29, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 63 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.4°C – 13.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.