Smudge – Residency
7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Smudge @265
May 10 – Sep 12, 2015 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2015
77 m
Deepest dive
2:42
Longest dive
43
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 125
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2015 | 567 m | 12.3°C | 58 m |
| Jun 13, 2015 | 119 m | 14.7°C | 43 m |
| Jun 28, 2015 | 30 m | 14.3°C | 21 m |
| Sep 6, 2015 | 567 m | 15.8°C | 77 m |
| Sep 12, 2015 | 190 m | 17.0°C | 64 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
77 m
Deepest dive
2:42
Longest dive
43
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
125
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 · Sep 6, 2015
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 30 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.3°C – 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 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.