Rip Curl – Residency
9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Rip Curl @276
Sep 12 – Nov 19, 2017 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2017
276 m
Deepest dive
8:24
Longest dive
54
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 68
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2017 | 567 m | 17.8°C | 68 m |
| Sep 15, 2017 | 74 m | 17.4°C | 61 m |
| Oct 10, 2017 | 87 m | 13.5°C | 65 m |
| Nov 19, 2017 | 479 m | 14.7°C | 276 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
276 m
Deepest dive
8:24
Longest dive
54
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
68
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 (479 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 19, 2017
measured- Seafloor depth
- 479 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.5°C – 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.