Fireball – Residency
3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fireball @122205
May 18 – Jul 31, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Jul 2024
69 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
91
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 74
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2024 | 47 m | — | 40 m |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 76 m | — | 32 m |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 79 m | — | 56 m |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 79 m | — | 69 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
69 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
91
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
74
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 (79 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 31, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.