Old Bull – Residency
12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Old Bull @1487
Sep 10 – Dec 7, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Autumn in the Bay
The same waters keep calling me back, season after season.
60 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
82
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 88
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2024 | 100 m | 15.5°C | 40 m |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 44 m | 12.6°C | 39 m |
| Nov 9, 2024 | 103 m | 12.8°C | 60 m |
| Dec 7, 2024 | 44 m | 12.2°C | 34 m |
| Dec 7, 2024 | 398 m | 12.5°C | 47 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
60 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
82
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
88
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 (103 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 9, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 103 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 44 m – 398 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.2°C – 15.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.