Melanie Yolette – Residency
31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Melanie Yolette @3206
Sep 10 – 11, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep 2025
56 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
25
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2025 | 71 m | 17.2°C | 26 m |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 68 m | 17.1°C | 56 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
56 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
25
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
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 (68 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 11, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 68 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 68 m – 71 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.