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

CRC-19546 – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-19546
CRC-19546 Confirmed in the catalog @68157
Aug 20 – Dec 18, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Dec 2021

172 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
121
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
120

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 20, 2021173 m—96 m
Aug 27, 202163 m—30 m
Aug 28, 2021268 m—97 m
Aug 30, 202148 m—44 m
Sep 1, 202132 m—18 m
Sep 4, 2021201 m—43 m
Sep 11, 2021226 m—152 m
Dec 2, 202172 m—42 m
Dec 17, 202138 m—29 m
Dec 18, 2021284 m—172 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
Aug 20, 2021 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 268 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 30, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 1, 2021 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 201 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 11, 2021 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 152 m (modelled)Sep 11Dec 2, 2021 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Dec 2Dec 17, 2021 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Dec 17Dec 18, 2021 — seafloor 284 m (measured), deepest dive 172 m (modelled)Dec 18

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

Dives

172 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
121
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
120
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
0100200172 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (284 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 · Dec 18, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
284 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 284 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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

Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 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.