Sarafinny – Residency
43rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Sarafinny @3241
May 10 – Sep 14, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Sep 2024
76 m
Deepest dive
3:05
Longest dive
73
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 127
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2024 | 90 m | 11.9°C | 67 m |
| May 21, 2024 | 82 m | 13.1°C | 37 m |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 96 m | 14.5°C | 34 m |
| Aug 16, 2024 | 107 m | 13.6°C | 76 m |
| Sep 4, 2024 | 567 m | 16.2°C | 67 m |
| Sep 14, 2024 | 94 m | 14.8°C | 31 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
76 m
Deepest dive
3:05
Longest dive
73
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
127
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 (107 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 16, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 107 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.9°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.