CRC-12431 – Residency
31st sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12431 @1508
Jun 20 – Oct 9, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Cold Water Loyalty
Late summer, same shelf-edge water, and I'm exactly where I belong.
192 m
Deepest dive
5:44
Longest dive
88
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 111
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | 63 m | 16.0°C | 52 m |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 254 m | 15.9°C | 192 m |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 182 m | 16.8°C | 53 m |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 189 m | 16.5°C | 88 m |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 273 m | 16.6°C | 63 m |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 140 m | 16.7°C | 117 m |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 567 m | 17.9°C | 85 m |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 184 m | 17.9°C | 71 m |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 172 m | 17.7°C | 87 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
192 m
Deepest dive
5:44
Longest dive
88
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
111
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 · Sep 18, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 63 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.9°C – 17.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.