Rip Curl – Residency
22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Rip Curl @276
May 18 – Nov 12, 2018 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Nov 2018
146 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
133
Dives
- Sightings
- 13
- Days between first and last sighting
- 178
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2018 | 343 m | 12.9°C | 146 m |
| Aug 15, 2018 | 60 m | 15.4°C | 27 m |
| Aug 16, 2018 | 97 m | 15.5°C | 80 m |
| Aug 17, 2018 | 92 m | 15.6°C | 56 m |
| Aug 18, 2018 | 90 m | 15.5°C | 22 m |
| Sep 8, 2018 | 53 m | 15.4°C | 46 m |
| Sep 9, 2018 | 39 m | 15.1°C | 33 m |
| Sep 23, 2018 | 42 m | 12.6°C | 33 m |
| Sep 28, 2018 | 44 m | 14.5°C | 33 m |
| Oct 2, 2018 | 95 m | 15.0°C | 43 m |
| Oct 4, 2018 | 82 m | 16.3°C | 43 m |
| Oct 14, 2018 | 99 m | 15.6°C | 51 m |
| Nov 12, 2018 | 151 m | 14.4°C | 30 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
146 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
133
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
178
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 (343 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 18, 2018
measured- Seafloor depth
- 343 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 13 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m – 343 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.6°C – 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.