Icing – Residency
62nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Icing @2405
Sep 28 – Oct 12, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Frosted Fluke, Autumn Waters
Monterey's krill called, and my icing-tipped tail answered twice this September.
84 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
88
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | 73 m | 16.5°C | 53 m |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 143 m | 16.6°C | 73 m |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 146 m | 17.9°C | 84 m |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 567 m | 17.9°C | 55 m |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 567 m | 17.6°C | 69 m |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 251 m | 16.7°C | 50 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
84 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
88
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
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 (146 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 146 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C – 17.9°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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.