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Fluke of Rhincodon Confirmed in the catalog

Rhincodon @7266

Rhincodon is the genus of the whale shark. See the whale shark, on the left fluke, swimming towards us? Looks like a happy whale shark :). Rhincodon is a female, from encounters with calf on July 7th, 2022 in Morro Bay according to Tim Huntington and from July 17th, 2025 in Monterey Bay according to Julie Sangimino.

Monterey Bay · North Pacific

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59 Following 7 Followers
27
Sightings
13
Years
0
Crossings
Last 12 months 1 sighting
  1. N 2025-11: 0 sightings
  2. D 2025-12: 0 sightings
  3. J 2026-01: 0 sightings
  4. F 2026-02: 0 sightings
  5. M 2026-03: 0 sightings
  6. A 2026-04: 0 sightings
  7. M 2026-05: 0 sightings
  8. J 2026-06: 0 sightings
  9. J 2026-07: 0 sightings
  10. A 2026-08: 0 sightings
  11. S 2026-09: 1 sighting
  12. O 2026-10: 0 sightings

Activities

11 in Risa
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Sep 2026 Sep 8, 2026 · Monterey Bay · 1 sighting Deepest dive115 m Longest dive6:45
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Jul 2024 Jul 15, 2024 · Monterey Bay · 1 sighting Deepest dive46 m Longest dive2:15
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2023 Jul 16 – Nov 4, 2023 · Monterey Bay · 4 sightings Deepest dive196 m Longest dive6:43
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Oaxaca Coast · Jan 2023 Jan 10, 2023 · Oaxaca Coast · 1 sighting Deepest dive18 m Longest dive0:53
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2022 Jun 19 – Aug 15, 2022 · Monterey Bay · 3 sightings Deepest dive40 m Longest dive1:39
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2021 Jun 26 – Sep 17, 2021 · Monterey Bay · 6 sightings Deepest dive201 m Longest dive7:22
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 North Pacific · Jan 2020 Jan 21, 2020 · North Pacific · 1 sighting Deepest dive52 m Longest dive2:02
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Jul 2019 Jul 8 – 20, 2019 · Monterey Bay · 3 sightings Deepest dive— Longest dive—
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Aug 2018 Aug 15 – 18, 2018 · Monterey Bay · 2 sightings Deepest dive— Longest dive—
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Jul 2017 Jul 28, 2017 · Monterey Bay · 1 sighting Deepest dive— Longest dive—
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
 Monterey Bay · Aug 2014 Aug 16, 2014 · Monterey Bay · 1 sighting Deepest dive— Longest dive—

✳ Dive stats modelled, not measured

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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