Flopsy – Residency
50th sighting in Monterey Bay
Flopsy @1392
Oct 27 – Nov 13, 2020 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Oct – Nov 2020
100 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
25
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 17
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2020 | 322 m | 15.0°C | 100 m |
| Oct 29, 2020 | 497 m | 15.5°C | 85 m |
| Nov 4, 2020 | 67 m | 14.7°C | 55 m |
| Nov 13, 2020 | 1,784 m | 13.1°C | 26 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
100 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
25
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
17
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 (322 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 27, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 322 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 18.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 67 m – 1,784 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C – 15.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.