Gulper – Residency
45th sighting in Monterey Bay
Gulper @7103
Jul 6 – 24, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Anchovy Season, Wide Open
Mouth first, always — Monterey's kitchen is cooking again this July.
61 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 18
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | 29 m | 16.4°C | 23 m |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 344 m | 15.2°C | 45 m |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 291 m | 17.1°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
61 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
22
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
18
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 (291 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 291 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 344 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C – 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 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.