Ruffles – Residency
8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Ruffles @132559
Nov 16, 2024 – Feb 2, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
116 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
107
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 78
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2024 | 567 m | 11.8°C | 116 m |
| Dec 7, 2024 | 39 m | 12.2°C | 36 m |
| Dec 30, 2024 | 53 m | 13.2°C | 47 m |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 29 m | 11.8°C | 26 m |
| Jan 24, 2025 | 59 m | 11.9°C | 49 m |
| Jan 25, 2025 | 66 m | 12.0°C | 59 m |
| Jan 26, 2025 | 59 m | 11.4°C | 49 m |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 175 m | 12.7°C | 40 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
116 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
107
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
78
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 · Nov 16, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.4°C – 13.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.