Icing – Residency
55th sighting in Monterey BayIcing @2405
Oct 9 – 13, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Oct 2024
123 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
70
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2024 | 233 m | 16.5°C | 123 m |
| Oct 11, 2024 | 235 m | 15.4°C | 104 m |
| Oct 12, 2024 | 358 m | 15.4°C | 56 m |
| Oct 12, 2024 | 248 m | 15.4°C | 114 m |
| Oct 13, 2024 | 114 m | 15.4°C | 42 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
123 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
70
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
4
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 (233 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 9, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 233 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 114 m – 358 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C – 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 13.0 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.