261 – Residency
13th sighting in Monterey Bay
261 @261
Aug 18 – 20, 2023 · Monterey Bay
August Anchoring
The same deep canyon keeps calling me back through another warm month.
168 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
38
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 2
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2023 | 74 m | 17.4°C | 60 m |
| Aug 20, 2023 | 210 m | 17.4°C | 168 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
168 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
38
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
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 (210 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Aug 20, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 210 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m – 210 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.4°C – 17.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.