Flopsy – Residency
7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Flopsy @1392
Sep 5 – Oct 18, 2013 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2013
73 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
47
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 43
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, 2013 | 254 m | 14.8°C | 55 m |
| Oct 6, 2013 | 254 m | 13.3°C | 45 m |
| Oct 6, 2013 | 287 m | 13.3°C | 51 m |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 104 m | 13.8°C | 73 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
73 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
47
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
43
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 (104 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 18, 2013
measured- Seafloor depth
- 104 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 104 m – 287 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.3°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 7.0 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.