Bread Knife – Residency
104th sighting in Monterey Bay
Bread Knife @3005
May 21 – Aug 18, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Kitchen's In Session
Summer's here and the bay is feeding me right.
120 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
62
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 88
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | 186 m | 11.6°C | 120 m |
| May 22, 2026 | 115 m | 12.0°C | 80 m |
| May 23, 2026 | 72 m | 12.3°C | 49 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | -57 m | 15.4°C | — |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 80 m | 17.3°C | 55 m |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 57 m | 17.1°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
120 m
Deepest dive
4:59
Longest dive
62
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
88
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 (186 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 186 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -57 m – 186 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.