CRC-15617 – Residency
21st sighting in Monterey BayCRC-15617 @952
May 31 – Aug 16, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Aug 2025
118 m
Deepest dive
4:30
Longest dive
78
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 77
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2025 | 28 m | 13.9°C | 20 m |
| Jun 1, 2025 | 71 m | 14.2°C | 38 m |
| Jun 26, 2025 | 47 m | 13.9°C | 28 m |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 305 m | 15.7°C | 118 m |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 567 m | 15.6°C | 92 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
118 m
Deepest dive
4:30
Longest dive
78
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
77
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 (305 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 16, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 305 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.9°C – 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 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.