CRC-12280 – Residency
13th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12280 @552
Apr 23 – 27, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Spring on the Shelf
Cold green water, thick feed, twenty springs of showing up early.
135 m
Deepest dive
5:25
Longest dive
81
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 115 m | 13.7°C | 79 m |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 240 m | 13.7°C | 135 m |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 105 m | 13.9°C | 42 m |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 818 m | 13.9°C | 35 m |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 104 m | 13.7°C | 37 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
135 m
Deepest dive
5:25
Longest dive
81
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
4
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 (240 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 23, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 240 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 104 m – 818 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.7°C – 13.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.