2025-2026 calf of Rip Curl – Residency
7th sighting in Monterey Bay2025-2026 calf of Rip Curl @161787
Jul 22 – Sep 28, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Learning This Green Bay
Still finding my breath here, close to Mom, again and again.
115 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
85
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 68
- Deepest dive on record
- 115 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | 129 m | 17.2°C | 36 m |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 444 m | 16.7°C | 115 m |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 47 m | 16.7°C | 37 m |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 256 m | 15.9°C | 46 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 47 m | 17.2°C | 32 m |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 324 m | — | 55 m |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 189 m | — | 65 m |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 134 m | — | 109 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
115 m
Deepest dive
3:52
Longest dive
85
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
68
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 (444 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 31, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 444 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 444 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.9°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.