Miracle – Residency
99th sighting in Monterey Bay
Miracle @1440
Jul 6 – Oct 13, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Monterey, All Summer Long
This bay knows my face better than most anywhere.
117 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
58
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 99
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | 258 m | 16.4°C | 79 m |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 82 m | 16.6°C | 65 m |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 107 m | 15.6°C | 78 m |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 153 m | 17.1°C | 117 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
117 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
58
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
99
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 (153 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 13, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 153 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m – 258 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C – 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.