Flopsy – Residency
24th sighting in Monterey Bay
Flopsy @1392
Jul 17 – Nov 17, 2018 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Nov 2018
89 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
79
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 123
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2018 | 76 m | 15.0°C | 24 m |
| Jul 19, 2018 | 388 m | 14.8°C | 80 m |
| Jul 20, 2018 | 74 m | 16.2°C | 64 m |
| Jul 23, 2018 | 166 m | 17.0°C | 89 m |
| Jul 28, 2018 | 13 m | 15.0°C | 10 m |
| Aug 22, 2018 | 94 m | 15.5°C | 67 m |
| Nov 8, 2018 | 918 m | 13.2°C | 15 m |
| Nov 17, 2018 | 719 m | 14.5°C | 52 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
89 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
79
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
123
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 (166 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 23, 2018
measured- Seafloor depth
- 166 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 13 m – 918 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.2°C – 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 19.0 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.