CRC-12043 – Residency
29th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-12043 @6778
May 5 – 22, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Monterey, May, Mine
Rolled into the green water and the crowd just opened up for me.
193 m
Deepest dive
6:38
Longest dive
52
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 17
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 748 m | 14.0°C | 193 m |
| May 20, 2026 | 96 m | 11.7°C | 45 m |
| May 21, 2026 | 58 m | 11.6°C | 51 m |
| May 22, 2026 | 58 m | 12.0°C | 25 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
193 m
Deepest dive
6:38
Longest dive
52
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
17
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 (748 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 748 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 748 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C – 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.