Fireball – Residency
8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fireball @122205
Apr 4 – 26, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Apr 2025
62 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
64
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 22
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2025 | 61 m | — | 23 m |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 242 m | — | 60 m |
| Apr 20, 2025 | 60 m | — | 49 m |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 71 m | — | 62 m |
| Apr 26, 2025 | 97 m | — | 34 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
62 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
64
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
22
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 (71 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 21, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 60 m – 242 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.