Smile Lines – Residency
41st sighting in Monterey Bay
Smile Lines @22
Jul 2 – Sep 15, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Same Shelf, Full Mouth
Midsummer feed thick enough to chew — I never left the good water.
129 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 75
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | 480 m | 15.6°C | 129 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 145 m | 17.0°C | 81 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 80 m | 17.3°C | 70 m |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 139 m | 16.3°C | 47 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
129 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
51
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
75
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 (480 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 480 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 480 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 13.0 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.