Vanilla Thunder – Residency
45th sighting in Monterey Bay
Vanilla Thunder @27184
Nov 12 – 14, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Nov 2025
37 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
18
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 2
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2025 | 59 m | 15.3°C | 35 m |
| Nov 14, 2025 | 74 m | 14.5°C | 37 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
37 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
18
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
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 (74 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 14, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 59 m – 74 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C – 15.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.