Stitches – Residency
94th sighting in Monterey Bay
Stitches @5
Aug 13 – Nov 29, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Autumn in Familiar Waters
These kelp forests still remember me, and I remember why I keep coming back.
66 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
25
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 108
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2025 | 84 m | 15.4°C | 31 m |
| Oct 2, 2025 | 73 m | 17.4°C | 66 m |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 134 m | 17.6°C | 32 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
66 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
25
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
108
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 (73 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 2, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m – 134 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C – 17.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.