Vanilla Thunder – Residency
42nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Vanilla Thunder @27184
Apr 24 – Sep 11, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Apr – Sep 2024
90 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
28
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 140
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2024 | 75 m | 14.1°C | 44 m |
| May 16, 2024 | 567 m | 13.0°C | 44 m |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 107 m | 14.8°C | 69 m |
| Aug 11, 2024 | 14 m | 16.5°C | 8 m |
| Sep 11, 2024 | 108 m | 15.3°C | 90 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
90 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
28
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
140
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 (108 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 11, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 108 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 14 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.0°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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.