Little Dimple – Residency
71st sighting in Monterey BayLittle Dimple @1384
Jun 21 – Oct 16, 2020 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2020
276 m
Deepest dive
9:49
Longest dive
299
Dives
- Sightings
- 31
- Days between first and last sighting
- 117
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2020 | 55 m | 14.1°C | 24 m |
| Jun 22, 2020 | 35 m | 14.1°C | 32 m |
| Jun 23, 2020 | 72 m | 14.7°C | 55 m |
| Jun 24, 2020 | 72 m | 15.1°C | 28 m |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 73 m | 14.3°C | 62 m |
| Jul 2, 2020 | 94 m | 15.1°C | 37 m |
| Jul 10, 2020 | 63 m | 12.9°C | 57 m |
| Jul 11, 2020 | 567 m | 12.4°C | 54 m |
| Jul 12, 2020 | 90 m | 13.5°C | 58 m |
| Jul 13, 2020 | 77 m | 13.7°C | 49 m |
| Jul 17, 2020 | 105 m | 14.8°C | 84 m |
| Jul 18, 2020 | 1,074 m | 14.7°C | 33 m |
| Jul 20, 2020 | 1,265 m | 15.4°C | 55 m |
| Jul 21, 2020 | 138 m | 15.5°C | 24 m |
| Jul 23, 2020 | 347 m | 16.1°C | 25 m |
| Jul 25, 2020 | 104 m | 16.5°C | 63 m |
| Jul 29, 2020 | 567 m | 16.7°C | 86 m |
| Jul 30, 2020 | 567 m | 16.1°C | 107 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
276 m
Deepest dive
9:49
Longest dive
299
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
31
Sightings
117
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 (396 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 16, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 396 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 31 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 22 m – 1,265 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.4°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 31 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.