Gigantor – Residency
16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Gigantor @863
Sep 5 – 21, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep 2025
65 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
19
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 16
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | 80 m | — | 65 m |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 84 m | — | 31 m |
| Sep 21, 2025 | 68 m | — | 54 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
65 m
Deepest dive
2:56
Longest dive
19
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
16
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 (80 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 5, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 68 m – 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.