SPHINX – Residency
4th sighting in East Australia
SPHINX @27416
Jul 5 – Sep 6, 2004 · East Australia
East Australia · Jul – Sep 2004
45 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
19
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 63
- Deepest dive on record
- 45 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2004 | 55 m | — | 45 m |
| Sep 6, 2004 | 20 m | — | 18 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
45 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
19
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
63
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 (55 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jul 5, 2004
measured- Seafloor depth
- 55 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- —
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 20 m – 55 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- —
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.