Mitten – Residency
63rd sighting in Monterey BayMitten @120105
Aug 19 – Dec 27, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Aug – Dec 2025
364 m
Deepest dive
11:23
Longest dive
668
Dives
- Sightings
- 56
- Days between first and last sighting
- 130
- Deepest dive on record
- 364 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2025 | 64 m | 14.7°C | 53 m |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 63 m | 17.1°C | 50 m |
| Aug 28, 2025 | 567 m | 17.0°C | 35 m |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 74 m | 16.5°C | 62 m |
| Sep 2, 2025 | 79 m | 17.3°C | 33 m |
| Sep 3, 2025 | 87 m | 16.9°C | 41 m |
| Sep 16, 2025 | 254 m | 17.1°C | 50 m |
| Sep 16, 2025 | 63 m | 17.1°C | 34 m |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 74 m | 18.1°C | 42 m |
| Sep 18, 2025 | 72 m | 18.0°C | 56 m |
| Sep 20, 2025 | 129 m | 17.6°C | 73 m |
| Sep 21, 2025 | 254 m | 17.5°C | 50 m |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 57 m | 17.4°C | 51 m |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 124 m | 17.4°C | 95 m |
| Sep 22, 2025 | 35 m | 17.0°C | 32 m |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 101 m | 17.4°C | 40 m |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 112 m | 17.2°C | 86 m |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 61 m | 16.9°C | 51 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
364 m
Deepest dive
11:23
Longest dive
668
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
56
Sightings
130
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 (446 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 446 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 56 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 33 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C – 18.1°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 56 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.