CRC-10879 – Residency
12th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-10879 @13420
May 31 – Jul 9, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Home Water, Early Summer
Traded the bay south for this cold green shelf—worth every mile.
51 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
23
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 39
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 279 m | 12.9°C | 51 m |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 721 m | 12.9°C | 38 m |
| Jun 14, 2026 | 13 m | 13.6°C | 11 m |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 41 m | 14.6°C | 32 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
51 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
23
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
39
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 (279 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 31, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 279 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 13 m – 721 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.9°C – 14.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.