Kelper's mom – Residency
91st sighting in Monterey Bay
Kelper's mom @1407
Sep 17 – Nov 11, 2020 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2020
256 m
Deepest dive
8:06
Longest dive
85
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 55
- Deepest dive on record
- 256 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2020 | 247 m | 15.2°C | 97 m |
| Sep 27, 2020 | 218 m | 16.0°C | 32 m |
| Nov 9, 2020 | 500 m | 13.3°C | 106 m |
| Nov 9, 2020 | 390 m | 13.4°C | 256 m |
| Nov 10, 2020 | 381 m | 12.9°C | 77 m |
| Nov 11, 2020 | 306 m | 12.7°C | 48 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
256 m
Deepest dive
8:06
Longest dive
85
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
55
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 (390 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 9, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 390 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 218 m – 500 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.7°C – 16.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.