Monterey - 2020-2021 calf of CRC-15591 – Residency
151st sighting in Monterey Bay
Jul 19 – 23, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Anchovy Season, My Whole Life
Thick water, familiar faces blurring by — this bay just gets me.
81 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
56
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2026 | 254 m | 15.8°C | 43 m |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 136 m | 16.1°C | 81 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 91 m | 17.3°C | 48 m |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 132 m | 17.2°C | 69 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 129 m | 17.0°C | 52 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
81 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
56
Dives
25 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 (136 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 136 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 91 m – 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 4.0 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.