Dentures – Residency
27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Dentures @142671
Aug 4 – Sep 22, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Same Green Shelf, Fresh Feed
Late summer, thick water, boats full of eyes on my flukes — glorious.
104 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
118
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 49
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | 58 m | 17.3°C | 35 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 74 m | 17.5°C | 55 m |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 107 m | 15.8°C | 17 m |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 113 m | 15.6°C | 103 m |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 325 m | — | 47 m |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 188 m | — | 97 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 310 m | — | 104 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
104 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
118
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
49
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 (310 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Sep 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 310 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 325 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C – 17.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.