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Monterey Bay

Rip Curl – Residency

211th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Rip Curl
Rip Curl Confirmed in the catalog @276
Jul 5 – Oct 22, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Lingering in Monterey Bay

Same old bay, still worth showing my flukes for.

142 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
210
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
109

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2026244 m16.2°C142 m
Jul 22, 2026129 m17.2°C86 m
Jul 31, 2026444 m16.7°C82 m
Sep 7, 2026290 m15.9°C50 m
Sep 8, 2026255 m15.8°C60 m
Sep 12, 202647 m17.4°C34 m
Sep 23, 2026324 m17.0°C48 m
Sep 25, 2026189 m16.5°C90 m
Sep 27, 2026276 m16.5°C114 m
Sep 28, 202694 m16.6°C82 m
Oct 9, 2026254 m18.0°C60 m
Oct 12, 202624 m16.9°C—
Oct 13, 2026153 m17.1°C53 m
Oct 15, 202672 m17.6°C59 m
Oct 16, 202695 m18.4°C59 m
Oct 22, 2026327 m18.1°C141 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 444 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 290 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2026 — seafloor 324 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 9, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 13, 2026 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 13Oct 15, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)Oct 22

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

142 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
210
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
109
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150142 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (244 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
244 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 444 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C – 18.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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