Ascension – Residency
54th sighting in Monterey Bay
Ascension @130079
May 22 – Jul 6, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Bay's Own Rhythm
Early summer feed drew me up again and again — this water knows me well.
75 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
105
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 44
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | 49 m | 11.8°C | 43 m |
| May 23, 2026 | 66 m | 12.3°C | 32 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 84 m | 16.5°C | 75 m |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 51 m | 16.7°C | 43 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 254 m | 16.4°C | 46 m |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 242 m | 16.4°C | 41 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
75 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
105
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
44
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 (84 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.8°C – 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.