Smile Lines – Residency
32nd sighting in Monterey BaySmile Lines @22
Oct 6 – 19, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Oct 2021
152 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
44
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 13
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2021 | 52 m | 15.5°C | 44 m |
| Oct 16, 2021 | 100 m | 13.8°C | 90 m |
| Oct 18, 2021 | 60 m | 13.2°C | 51 m |
| Oct 19, 2021 | 337 m | 13.1°C | 152 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
152 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
44
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
13
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 (337 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 19, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 337 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 52 m – 337 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C – 15.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.