Flopsy – Residency
79th sighting in Monterey Bay
Flopsy @1392
Apr 19 – May 12, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay Return
Back to my old haunts where the krill runs thick and memories linger.
152 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
63
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 23
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2023 | 78 m | 11.4°C | 60 m |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 639 m | 11.1°C | 152 m |
| May 12, 2023 | 236 m | 13.4°C | 32 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
152 m
Deepest dive
5:23
Longest dive
63
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
23
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 (639 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 20, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 639 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m – 639 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.1°C – 13.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.