Dragon – Residency
12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Dragon @1069
Aug 20 – Oct 6, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2021
104 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
37
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 47
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2021 | 667 m | 15.7°C | 104 m |
| Sep 15, 2021 | 63 m | 16.1°C | 47 m |
| Sep 18, 2021 | 222 m | 16.2°C | 65 m |
| Sep 18, 2021 | 329 m | 16.2°C | 29 m |
| Oct 6, 2021 | 49 m | 15.5°C | 43 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
104 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
37
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
47
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 (667 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 20, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 667 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 667 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.5°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.