Silky – Residency
33rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Silky @260
Jul 2 – Sep 24, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2023
99 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
88
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 84
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2023 | 47 m | 15.2°C | 28 m |
| Jul 18, 2023 | 538 m | 15.5°C | 37 m |
| Jul 19, 2023 | 134 m | 15.7°C | 99 m |
| Aug 6, 2023 | 69 m | 14.1°C | 29 m |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 53 m | 14.8°C | 47 m |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 105 m | 16.8°C | 94 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
99 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
88
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
84
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 (134 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 19, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 134 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 538 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 30.0 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.