CRC-12030 – Residency
17th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12030 @13176
May 6 – Sep 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Deep Shelf Summer
Grey light, cold water, that canyon still knows my name.
138 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
87
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 124
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 280 m | 14.0°C | 138 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 266 m | 16.3°C | 117 m |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 88 m | 16.3°C | 40 m |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 254 m | 15.9°C | 105 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
138 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
87
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
124
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 (280 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 280 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 88 m – 280 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C – 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.