Cloud Lightning – Residency
33rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Cloud Lightning @3639
May 5 – Jun 3, 2022 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Jun 2022
116 m
Deepest dive
3:31
Longest dive
102
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 29
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2022 | 1,417 m | 11.3°C | 74 m |
| May 13, 2022 | 112 m | 11.5°C | 32 m |
| May 14, 2022 | 368 m | 11.2°C | 116 m |
| May 30, 2022 | 85 m | 11.7°C | 72 m |
| Jun 2, 2022 | 70 m | 11.9°C | 56 m |
| Jun 3, 2022 | 64 m | 12.2°C | 32 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
116 m
Deepest dive
3:31
Longest dive
102
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
29
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 (368 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 14, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 368 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 64 m – 1,417 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.2°C – 12.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 14.0 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.