CRC-12460 – Residency
35th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12460 @2437
May 18 – Oct 16, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Green Water, Old Ground
That drop-off past the shelf edge still knows exactly how to feed me.
324 m
Deepest dive
9:55
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 151
- Deepest dive on record
- 324 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 | 96 m | 11.4°C | 32 m |
| Jun 21, 2026 | 67 m | 16.8°C | 27 m |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 47 m | 15.9°C | 43 m |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 895 m | 22.0°C | 324 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
324 m
Deepest dive
9:55
Longest dive
51
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
151
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 (895 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 16, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 895 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 22.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 895 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.4°C – 22.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.