Dragon – Residency
27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Dragon @1069
Aug 11 – Oct 21, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2024
84 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
33
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 71
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2024 | 107 m | 14.0°C | 37 m |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 56 m | 15.3°C | 50 m |
| Oct 20, 2024 | 94 m | 14.5°C | 84 m |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 75 m | 14.6°C | 41 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
84 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
33
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
71
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 (94 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 20, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 94 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 107 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C – 15.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.