Flopsy – Residency
17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Flopsy @1392
Sep 5 – 16, 2017 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep 2017
139 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
14
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 11
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2017 | 567 m | 17.3°C | 139 m |
| Sep 16, 2017 | 275 m | 16.6°C | 132 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
139 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
14
Dives
42 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
11
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 5, 2017
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 275 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.6°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.