Batman – Residency
41st sighting in Monterey BayBatman @146
Aug 23 – Oct 9, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay Autumn
Seven weeks in familiar waters, surfacing where the feeding has always been good.
166 m
Deepest dive
6:26
Longest dive
87
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 47
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2021 | 93 m | 15.8°C | 66 m |
| Oct 1, 2021 | 560 m | 15.3°C | 107 m |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 186 m | 15.4°C | 92 m |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 451 m | 15.9°C | 129 m |
| Oct 5, 2021 | 190 m | 15.9°C | 166 m |
| Oct 7, 2021 | 184 m | 14.7°C | 36 m |
| Oct 9, 2021 | 86 m | 14.5°C | 75 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
166 m
Deepest dive
6:26
Longest dive
87
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
47
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 (190 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 5, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 190 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 86 m – 560 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C – 15.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.