Inverse – Residency
206th sighting in Monterey Bay
Inverse @125
Mar 29 – Oct 11, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Another Long Season
The bay calls me back again, its familiar currents holding everything I need.
103 m
Deepest dive
4:11
Longest dive
58
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 196
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2025 | 93 m | 11.7°C | 82 m |
| May 8, 2025 | 74 m | 13.6°C | 60 m |
| May 29, 2025 | 293 m | 13.9°C | 76 m |
| Jul 18, 2025 | -40 m | 14.9°C | — |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 314 m | 15.6°C | 103 m |
| Sep 21, 2025 | 128 m | 17.3°C | 72 m |
| Oct 11, 2025 | 488 m | 16.8°C | 58 m |
| Oct 11, 2025 | 316 m | 17.0°C | 68 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
103 m
Deepest dive
4:11
Longest dive
58
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
196
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 (314 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 16, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 314 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -40 m – 488 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.7°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.