Blues – Residency
36th sighting in Monterey Bay
Blues @26464
Sep 9 – Oct 9, 2022 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2022
63 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
68
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 30
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2022 | 78 m | 16.5°C | 56 m |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 68 m | 16.1°C | 62 m |
| Sep 11, 2022 | 78 m | 16.0°C | 50 m |
| Sep 14, 2022 | 168 m | 15.3°C | 58 m |
| Sep 15, 2022 | 83 m | 15.3°C | 39 m |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 567 m | 15.2°C | 59 m |
| Oct 9, 2022 | 567 m | 15.4°C | 63 m |
| Oct 9, 2022 | 40 m | 15.1°C | 28 m |
| Oct 9, 2022 | 39 m | 15.1°C | 31 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
63 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
68
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
30
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 (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 9, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.