Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Monterey Bay

Kelper's mom – Residency

101st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Kelper's mom
Kelper's mom Confirmed in the catalog @1407
Jul 12 – Oct 11, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2024

57 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 202463 m14.6°C57 m
Aug 23, 2024136 m14.4°C26 m
Sep 7, 2024115 m16.6°C55 m
Sep 8, 2024104 m16.5°C44 m
Sep 8, 2024110 m16.5°C40 m
Sep 8, 2024172 m16.5°C42 m
Oct 5, 202451 m16.5°C46 m
Oct 11, 2024255 m15.4°C53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 12, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 12Aug 23, 2024 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 7, 2024 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 8Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 11, 2024 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 11

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
77
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
91
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (63 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Jul 12, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 255 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.