CRC-12117 – Residency
18th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12117 @388
Aug 28 – Sep 22, 2021 · Monterey Bay
September in the Bay
The krill were thick here, so I stayed through the turning season.
198 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
92
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 25
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2021 | 245 m | 16.8°C | 83 m |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 159 m | 17.2°C | 126 m |
| Aug 29, 2021 | 249 m | 17.2°C | 198 m |
| Sep 13, 2021 | 137 m | 16.5°C | 98 m |
| Sep 15, 2021 | 310 m | 16.4°C | 82 m |
| Sep 17, 2021 | 482 m | 16.2°C | 47 m |
| Sep 17, 2021 | 60 m | 16.0°C | 44 m |
| Sep 22, 2021 | 274 m | 16.4°C | 175 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
198 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
92
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
25
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 (249 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 29, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 249 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 60 m – 482 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.0°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 11.0 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.