Slice – Residency
60th sighting in Monterey Bay
Slice @23
Aug 29 – Sep 24, 2023 · Monterey Bay
September in the Bay
These familiar waters hold me close while my calf learns the rhythms.
88 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
75
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 26
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2023 | 73 m | 18.1°C | 55 m |
| Sep 2, 2023 | 109 m | 17.4°C | 88 m |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 79 m | 17.0°C | 69 m |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 1,408 m | 15.3°C | 73 m |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 834 m | 16.6°C | 55 m |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 252 m | 16.7°C | 73 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
88 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
75
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
26
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 (109 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Sep 2, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m – 1,408 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C – 18.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.