Danger Zone – Residency
65th sighting in Monterey BayDanger Zone @123182
Jul 8 – Oct 11, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Same Shelf, Same Krill
Told you I'd keep turning up here.
205 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
418
Dives
- Sightings
- 29
- Days between first and last sighting
- 95
- Deepest dive on record
- 205 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | 71 m | 16.3°C | 28 m |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 46 m | 16.1°C | 39 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 99 m | 16.3°C | 61 m |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 83 m | 16.8°C | 37 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 99 m | 16.7°C | 58 m |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 72 m | 16.6°C | 33 m |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 67 m | 15.4°C | 43 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 567 m | 15.9°C | 49 m |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 66 m | 16.1°C | 57 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 65 m | 17.3°C | 57 m |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 129 m | 17.2°C | 87 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 136 m | 17.0°C | 89 m |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 133 m | 16.9°C | 115 m |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 56 m | 17.0°C | 44 m |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 68 m | 16.9°C | 24 m |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 73 m | 16.9°C | 57 m |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 72 m | 16.7°C | 55 m |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 64 m | 16.6°C | 59 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
205 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
418
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
29
Sightings
95
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 (456 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 456 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 29 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 10 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C – 17.3°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 29 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.