Melanie Yolette – Residency
29th sighting in Monterey Bay
Melanie Yolette @3206
Aug 20 – Nov 2, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2021
131 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
116
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 74
- Deepest dive on record
- 131 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2021 | 667 m | 15.7°C | 131 m |
| Sep 24, 2021 | 36 m | 16.1°C | 33 m |
| Oct 9, 2021 | 62 m | 14.6°C | 50 m |
| Oct 18, 2021 | 52 m | 13.1°C | 36 m |
| Oct 19, 2021 | 88 m | 13.0°C | 67 m |
| Nov 2, 2021 | 198 m | 14.5°C | 77 m |
| Nov 2, 2021 | 105 m | 14.5°C | 48 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
131 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
116
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
74
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 (667 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 20, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 667 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 36 m – 667 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.0°C – 16.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.