Aurora – Residency
217th sighting in Monterey Bay
Aurora @264
Mar 28 – Aug 30, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Home Waters, Full Season
Spring into summer, this bay keeps showing up for me.
75 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
55
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 154
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | 508 m | 13.4°C | 75 m |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 143 m | 16.2°C | 74 m |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 47 m | 16.0°C | 34 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 244 m | 16.2°C | 60 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 78 m | 15.2°C | 58 m |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 224 m | 15.4°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
75 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
55
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
154
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 (508 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 28, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 508 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 508 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.