Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Monterey Bay

CRC-17641 – Residency

34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-17641
CRC-17641 Confirmed in the catalog @24688
Jul 21 – Sep 1, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2023

427 m
Deepest dive
13:36
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
42
Deepest dive on record
427 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 21, 202368 m15.3°C61 m
Jul 22, 202397 m15.0°C28 m
Jul 23, 2023567 m14.8°C427 m
Jul 24, 2023107 m15.2°C80 m
Jul 24, 202395 m14.6°C44 m
Sep 1, 202365 m17.8°C36 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 21, 2023 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 427 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 24Sep 1, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 1

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

427 m
Deepest dive
13:36
Longest dive
66
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
0225450427 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Jul 23, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C – 17.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.