CRC-12231 – Residency
2nd sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12231 @318
Jul 4 – 5, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Shelf Water, Good Light
Twice this stretch off the bay I know by heart — rope's gone, I'm not.
155 m
Deepest dive
5:16
Longest dive
12
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
- Deepest dive on record
- 155 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 283 m | 15.8°C | 155 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 244 m | 16.2°C | 35 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
155 m
Deepest dive
5:16
Longest dive
12
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
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 (283 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Jul 4, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 283 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 244 m – 283 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.