CRC-19738 – Residency
11th sighting in Monterey Bay
CRC-19738 @76678
May 18 – 21, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Close to Shore, Every May
Green water, shallow shelf, another May I couldn't stay away from.
101 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
46
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | 129 m | 11.4°C | 101 m |
| May 19, 2026 | 64 m | 11.6°C | 42 m |
| May 20, 2026 | 124 m | 11.7°C | 32 m |
| May 21, 2026 | 63 m | 11.6°C | 57 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
101 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
46
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
3
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 (129 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 18, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 129 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 63 m – 129 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.4°C – 11.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.