Little Dimple – Residency
200th sighting in Monterey Bay
Little Dimple @1384
Jul 4 – Sep 27, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Late Summer, My Bay
Bubble spirals, tail slaps, this whole bay just gets me.
219 m
Deepest dive
7:28
Longest dive
106
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 85
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2026 | 46 m | 16.0°C | 33 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 133 m | 17.3°C | 55 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 327 m | 16.8°C | 219 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 224 m | 15.6°C | 68 m |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 247 m | 16.6°C | 188 m |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 409 m | 16.4°C | 177 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
219 m
Deepest dive
7:28
Longest dive
106
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
85
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 (327 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 327 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m – 409 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 15.0 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.