Little Dipper – Residency
14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Little Dipper @15287
Apr 14 – May 22, 2022 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2022
200 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
63
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 38
- Deepest dive on record
- 200 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2022 | 80 m | — | 34 m |
| May 2, 2022 | 98 m | — | 70 m |
| May 2, 2022 | 567 m | — | 37 m |
| May 2, 2022 | 95 m | — | 67 m |
| May 5, 2022 | 567 m | — | 200 m |
| May 22, 2022 | 26 m | — | 23 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
200 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
63
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
38
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 (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · May 5, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 26 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.