West – Residency
11th sighting in Monterey Bay
West @849
Apr 23 – May 29, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Canyon Room, Right on Time
Cold green water, easy company, and the whole spring to eat.
510 m
Deepest dive
18:17
Longest dive
24
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 36
- Deepest dive on record
- 510 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 23, 2026 | 115 m | 13.7°C | 66 m |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 105 m | 13.9°C | 64 m |
| May 29, 2026 | 567 m | 13.3°C | 510 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
510 m
Deepest dive
18:17
Longest dive
24
Dives
42 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
36
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 29, 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
- 105 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C – 13.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.