Aria – Residency
54th sighting in Monterey Bay
Aria @81708
Apr 8 – 11, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Spring on the Shelf
Cold water, kelp light, my mother's old edge — spring feels good here.
230 m
Deepest dive
8:25
Longest dive
35
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
- Deepest dive on record
- 230 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | 119 m | 13.9°C | 98 m |
| Apr 11, 2026 | 567 m | 14.4°C | 230 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
230 m
Deepest dive
8:25
Longest dive
35
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
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 · Apr 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 119 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.9°C – 14.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 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.