Keiko the Humpback – Residency
15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Keiko the Humpback @1141
Sep 21 – Oct 21, 2022 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay Autumn
The krill are thick here and the waters feel like home.
140 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
39
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 30
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2022 | 65 m | 16.0°C | 36 m |
| Sep 23, 2022 | 567 m | 16.2°C | 140 m |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 139 m | 16.3°C | 107 m |
| Oct 9, 2022 | 62 m | 15.1°C | 42 m |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 110 m | 14.2°C | 47 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
140 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
39
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
30
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 · Sep 23, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C – 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 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.