Inverse – Residency
225th sighting in Monterey BayInverse @125
Jul 22 – Oct 3, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Same Bay, Same Rhythm
Stayed put in Monterey, surfaced often, let the boats find me.
140 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
146
Dives
- Sightings
- 16
- Days between first and last sighting
- 73
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | 243 m | 17.2°C | 27 m |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 732 m | 16.7°C | 64 m |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 51 m | 16.8°C | 45 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 89 m | 16.6°C | 64 m |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 120 m | 15.4°C | 49 m |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 150 m | 15.3°C | 36 m |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 142 m | 15.2°C | 84 m |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 82 m | 15.3°C | 55 m |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 168 m | 15.3°C | 43 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 251 m | 15.8°C | 43 m |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 93 m | 15.8°C | 85 m |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 404 m | 17.7°C | 140 m |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 155 m | 16.5°C | 86 m |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 325 m | 17.0°C | 49 m |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 56 m | 16.5°C | 48 m |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 155 m | 18.0°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
140 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
146
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
73
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 (404 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Sep 10, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 404 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 16 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 51 m – 732 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C – 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.