Frosty – Residency
92nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Frosty @24
May 2 – Sep 8, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2024
87 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
123
Dives
- Sightings
- 12
- Days between first and last sighting
- 129
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2024 | 75 m | 13.8°C | 34 m |
| May 3, 2024 | 159 m | 12.3°C | 39 m |
| May 3, 2024 | 282 m | 12.8°C | 76 m |
| May 4, 2024 | 88 m | 12.2°C | 78 m |
| May 5, 2024 | 208 m | 12.5°C | 57 m |
| May 18, 2024 | 216 m | 13.1°C | 45 m |
| May 19, 2024 | 187 m | 12.9°C | 71 m |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 120 m | 14.1°C | 27 m |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 136 m | 15.5°C | 42 m |
| Aug 9, 2024 | 125 m | 14.6°C | 79 m |
| Aug 23, 2024 | 123 m | 13.6°C | 87 m |
| Sep 8, 2024 | 170 m | 16.5°C | 85 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
87 m
Deepest dive
3:55
Longest dive
123
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
129
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 (123 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 23, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 123 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 12 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 75 m – 282 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.2°C – 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.