Sarafinny – Residency
37th sighting in Monterey Bay
Sarafinny @3241
Feb 17 – Jun 28, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Feb – Jun 2023
237 m
Deepest dive
11:20
Longest dive
37
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 131
- Deepest dive on record
- 237 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2023 | 531 m | 11.1°C | 237 m |
| Apr 28, 2023 | 88 m | 11.3°C | 72 m |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 69 m | 14.7°C | 23 m |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 83 m | 14.6°C | 67 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
237 m
Deepest dive
11:20
Longest dive
37
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
131
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 (531 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 17, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 531 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 69 m – 531 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.1°C – 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km – 14.0 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.