Condor – Residency
108th sighting in Monterey BayCondor @1941
Jun 14 – Oct 18, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Anchovy Season, Full Tilt
Cold water's up, bait's thick, company everywhere — this bay delivers.
104 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
166
Dives
- Sightings
- 13
- Days between first and last sighting
- 126
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2026 | 47 m | 16.1°C | 38 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 72 m | 17.3°C | 56 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 567 m | 16.9°C | 69 m |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 70 m | 17.1°C | 61 m |
| Sep 10, 2026 | -12 m | 18.0°C | — |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 175 m | 15.7°C | 46 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 286 m | 16.7°C | 99 m |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 109 m | 16.8°C | 56 m |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 189 m | 16.5°C | 70 m |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 303 m | 16.5°C | 69 m |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 148 m | 16.7°C | 102 m |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 191 m | 17.8°C | 104 m |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 195 m | 21.4°C | 82 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
5:00
Longest dive
166
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
126
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 (191 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 191 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 13 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -12 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C – 21.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.