Talisman – Residency
57th sighting in Monterey Bay
Talisman @7265
Apr 30 – Aug 27, 2026 · Monterey Bay
The Shelf Delivers Again
Early summer, the water dropped away, and the feed came up thick.
164 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
78
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 119
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 121 m | 13.5°C | 71 m |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 394 m | 13.5°C | 164 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | -60 m | 15.4°C | — |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 19 m | 16.2°C | 16 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 73 m | 16.7°C | 38 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 74 m | 16.9°C | 65 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
164 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
78
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
119
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 (394 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 30, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 394 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -60 m – 394 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.5°C – 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.