Risa
Try Deep freeDeep
Risa
Try Deep freeDeep
Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Monterey Bay

Aurora – Residency

167th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Aurora
Aurora Confirmed in the catalog @264
Jun 8 – Nov 4, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Summer's Long Embrace

Five months in my favorite bay, watching the seasons turn like old friends.

77 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
205
Dives
Sightings
21
Days between first and last sighting
149

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 8, 2022294 m12.9°C47 m
Jun 10, 202299 m12.7°C50 m
Jun 11, 202286 m13.1°C77 m
Jul 4, 2022107 m13.1°C37 m
Jul 5, 202274 m14.3°C34 m
Jul 6, 202247 m14.7°C26 m
Jul 7, 202284 m15.1°C49 m
Jul 20, 202271 m15.3°C60 m
Jul 22, 202287 m14.9°C32 m
Jul 23, 202285 m15.1°C30 m
Jul 29, 2022707 m14.4°C44 m
Aug 15, 20221,110 m16.0°C72 m
Sep 9, 2022567 m16.6°C46 m
Sep 17, 2022237 m15.5°C60 m
Oct 10, 2022331 m15.2°C44 m
Oct 10, 2022121 m15.2°C71 m
Oct 10, 202287 m15.3°C64 m
Oct 29, 202233 m13.9°C28 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 8, 2022 — seafloor 294 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 8Jun 10, 2022 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jun 11, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2022 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 6, 2022 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2022 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2022 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2022 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2022 — seafloor 707 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2022 — seafloor 1,110 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 237 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 331 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 29, 2022 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2022 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2022 — seafloor -6 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Nov 4, 2022 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Nov 4

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
205
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
21
Sightings
149
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
05010077 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (86 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Jun 11, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 21 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-6 m – 1,110 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 16.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 21 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.