Dragonfly – Residency
12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Dragonfly @81845
Sep 23 – Oct 5, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Wings Over the Bay
Flukes up twice this September, cold water, good company, no complaints.
154 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
80
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 12
- Deepest dive on record
- 154 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | 282 m | — | 132 m |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 247 m | — | 94 m |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 73 m | — | 55 m |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 567 m | — | 154 m |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 375 m | — | 66 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
154 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
80
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
12
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 · Oct 3, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.