Check – Residency
50th sighting in Monterey Bay
Check @2
Apr 9 – Jul 11, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay Return
Back to familiar waters after months tangled in lines, finally free to feed again.
52 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
8
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 93
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2025 | 66 m | 12.6°C | 24 m |
| Apr 18, 2025 | 68 m | 12.1°C | 52 m |
| Jul 11, 2025 | -28 m | 11.7°C | — |
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
52 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
8
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
93
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 (68 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 18, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 68 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -28 m – 68 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.7°C – 12.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.