Hilandera – Residency
7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Hilandera @77562
Sep 12 – 22, 2026 · Monterey Bay
The Shelf Knows Me
Cold water pushing up dinner, and me right where I belong.
120 m
Deepest dive
5:08
Longest dive
84
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 10
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2026 | 144 m | — | 120 m |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 107 m | 16.3°C | 81 m |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 221 m | — | 81 m |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 287 m | — | 86 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
120 m
Deepest dive
5:08
Longest dive
84
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
10
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 (144 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 12, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 144 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 107 m – 287 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.