Cantus – Residency
81st sighting in Monterey Bay
Cantus @14931
Sep 23 – Oct 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Bay Full of Company
September thick with feed and friends — this shelf never gets old.
305 m
Deepest dive
12:28
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
- Deepest dive on record
- 305 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | 123 m | 17.0°C | 96 m |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 56 m | 16.5°C | 34 m |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 215 m | 16.6°C | 57 m |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 71 m | 16.7°C | 50 m |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 248 m | 17.9°C | 75 m |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 287 m | 17.8°C | 114 m |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 384 m | 18.3°C | 305 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
305 m
Deepest dive
12:28
Longest dive
49
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
14
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 (384 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 7, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 384 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 384 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C – 18.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.