Gator – Residency
4th sighting in Gulf of the Farallones
Gator @11114
Sep 14 – 27, 2026 · Gulf of the Farallones
Farallones, Feeding Fine
Early fall, good upwelling, lunged through it twice this stretch.
20 m
Deepest dive
1:16
Longest dive
8
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 13
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | -29 m | 16.2°C | — |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 22 m | 16.1°C | 20 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
20 m
Deepest dive
1:16
Longest dive
8
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
13
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 (22 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 22 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -29 m – 22 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.