Pepper – Residency
7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Pepper @7271
May 3 – Jun 21, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Green Water, Good Company
Rolled in with the late spring crowd, never once flying solo.
133 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
38
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 49
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2026 | 426 m | 15.1°C | 19 m |
| May 28, 2026 | 567 m | 13.3°C | 133 m |
| Jun 21, 2026 | 67 m | 16.8°C | 57 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
133 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
38
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
49
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 (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 28, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 67 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.