Croc – Residency
40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Croc @384
Jul 29 – Sep 23, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Summer in the Bay
Found my favorite feeding spot again and decided to stick around for a while.
113 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
103
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 56
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2023 | 94 m | 14.2°C | 78 m |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 95 m | 13.5°C | 28 m |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 96 m | 13.8°C | 56 m |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 62 m | 13.8°C | 49 m |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 533 m | 14.2°C | 113 m |
| Aug 21, 2023 | 81 m | 17.6°C | 34 m |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 104 m | 18.0°C | 88 m |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 85 m | 16.7°C | 75 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
113 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
103
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
56
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 (533 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 4, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 533 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m – 533 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.5°C – 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.