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

CRC-12480 – Residency

40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12480
CRC-12480 Confirmed in the catalog @584
Mar 24 – Apr 6, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Shelf, Fresh Krill

Early spring haul at my favorite drop-off, thick and generous.

64 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
13

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 24, 2026567 m13.6°C64 m
Apr 6, 202661 m14.3°C27 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
Mar 24, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Mar 24Apr 6, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Apr 6

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
14
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
13
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
05010064 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 · Mar 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.6°C – 14.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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

Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 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.