Daylight – Residency
34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Daylight @7478
Apr 7 – 26, 2026 · Monterey Bay
April, Right on Time
The upwelling showed up and so did I — good spring.
181 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
14
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 19
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | 165 m | 14.3°C | 45 m |
| Apr 26, 2026 | 948 m | 13.9°C | 181 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
181 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
14
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
19
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 (948 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 948 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 165 m – 948 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.9°C – 14.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.