Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Monterey Bay

Rip Curl – Residency

35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Rip Curl
Rip Curl Confirmed in the catalog @276
Mar 11 – Apr 29, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Apr 2019

173 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
142
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 11, 2019715 m12.7°C46 m
Apr 3, 2019111 m13.6°C81 m
Apr 5, 201974 m13.8°C35 m
Apr 13, 201953 m13.1°C44 m
Apr 13, 2019567 m11.7°C173 m
Apr 15, 201962 m12.7°C33 m
Apr 18, 2019126 m13.2°C109 m
Apr 22, 2019220 m12.6°C63 m
Apr 27, 201983 m12.9°C35 m
Apr 27, 2019254 m12.8°C37 m
Apr 28, 201999 m13.2°C66 m
Apr 28, 201998 m13.2°C72 m
Apr 29, 201963 m13.2°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 11, 2019 — seafloor 715 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Mar 11Apr 3, 2019 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Apr 5, 2019 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Apr 13, 2019 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Apr 13Apr 13, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 173 m (modelled)Apr 15, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 18, 2019 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Apr 18Apr 22, 2019 — seafloor 220 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Apr 27, 2019 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Apr 27, 2019 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Apr 27Apr 28, 2019 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Apr 28, 2019 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Apr 29, 2019 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Apr 29

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

173 m
Deepest dive
5:47
Longest dive
142
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
49
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
0100200173 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

Where this happened · Apr 13, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 715 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 13.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.