Flopsy – Residency
3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Flopsy @1392
May 6 – 21, 1999 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May 1999
123 m
Deepest dive
4:01
Longest dive
28
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 15
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1999 | 164 m | 10.6°C | 123 m |
| May 20, 1999 | 86 m | 9.3°C | 28 m |
| May 21, 1999 | 80 m | 9.9°C | 72 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
123 m
Deepest dive
4:01
Longest dive
28
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
15
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 (164 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 6, 1999
measured- Seafloor depth
- 164 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 164 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.3°C – 10.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.