Shadow – Residency
39th sighting in Monterey Bay
Shadow @3685
May 17 – Aug 17, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Aug 2025
180 m
Deepest dive
6:13
Longest dive
85
Dives
- Sightings
- 10
- Days between first and last sighting
- 92
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2025 | 65 m | 12.6°C | 32 m |
| May 17, 2025 | 65 m | 12.6°C | 40 m |
| May 22, 2025 | 267 m | 12.5°C | 180 m |
| Jun 9, 2025 | 330 m | 14.8°C | 76 m |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 66 m | 15.3°C | 54 m |
| Aug 9, 2025 | 821 m | 15.2°C | 110 m |
| Aug 13, 2025 | 88 m | 15.4°C | 48 m |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 89 m | 15.5°C | 69 m |
| Aug 17, 2025 | 89 m | 15.7°C | 37 m |
| Aug 17, 2025 | 71 m | 15.7°C | 61 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
180 m
Deepest dive
6:13
Longest dive
85
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
92
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 (267 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 22, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 267 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 10 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 65 m – 821 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C – 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.