Chin Up – Residency
69th sighting in Monterey Bay
Chin Up @2547
May 23 – Jul 24, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Cold Water, Full Table
Early summer, bay's turning over good, and the whole crowd shows up to eat.
124 m
Deepest dive
5:09
Longest dive
40
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 61
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 32 m | 13.1°C | 27 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 35 m | 16.4°C | 30 m |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 197 m | 17.1°C | 124 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
124 m
Deepest dive
5:09
Longest dive
40
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
61
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 (197 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 197 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 32 m – 197 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C – 17.1°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.