CRC-16040 – Residency
92nd sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-16040 @7029
Jul 14 – Sep 25, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Late Summer, Working the Shelf
Green water, good bait, plenty of familiar-ish backs to breathe beside.
57 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 73
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | 67 m | 17.0°C | 46 m |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 58 m | 16.6°C | 41 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 78 m | 15.2°C | 57 m |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 225 m | 15.4°C | 51 m |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 299 m | 16.5°C | 54 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
57 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
51
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
73
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 (78 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 29, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 299 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C – 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 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.