Gacho – Residency
27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Gacho @72241
Jun 18 – Aug 3, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Same Shelf, Full Season
Mid-summer feed thick, and I'm the whale who never left that slope.
97 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
19
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 46
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | 81 m | 15.3°C | 72 m |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 541 m | 17.3°C | 97 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
97 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
19
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
46
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 (541 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Aug 3, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 541 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m – 541 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 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.