CRC-12553 – Residency
45th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12553 @621
Jul 2 – Oct 11, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Shelf Life, Mid-Summer
Rose to lunge in the same green water, plenty of company as usual.
103 m
Deepest dive
5:59
Longest dive
53
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 101
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | 119 m | 15.7°C | 70 m |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 687 m | 15.7°C | 103 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 80 m | 16.2°C | 67 m |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 171 m | 17.3°C | 64 m |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 96 m | 17.1°C | 82 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
103 m
Deepest dive
5:59
Longest dive
53
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
101
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 (687 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 9, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 687 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 687 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.