CRC-12251 – Residency
60th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12251 @1519
Jul 5 – Aug 15, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Canyon Edge, Every Summer
The krill's thick, the water's cold and green — exactly where I want to be.
54 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
30
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 41
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 | 350 m | 16.2°C | 54 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 16 m | 16.1°C | 15 m |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1,522 m | 16.6°C | 30 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
54 m
Deepest dive
2:17
Longest dive
30
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
41
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 (350 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 350 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 1,522 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C – 16.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.