Polaris – Residency
86th sighting in Monterey Bay
Polaris @66169
Aug 9 – 10, 2026 · Monterey Bay
The Table's Set Again
Late summer canyon water, the whole bay working — I'm right where the food is.
59 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
26
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2026 | 254 m | 17.2°C | 59 m |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 243 m | 17.1°C | 55 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
59 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
26
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
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 (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 9, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 243 m – 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 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.