Shadow – Residency
26th sighting in Monterey Bay
Shadow @3685
Jul 17 – 26, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul 2021
266 m
Deepest dive
8:23
Longest dive
125
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 9
- Deepest dive on record
- 266 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2021 | 77 m | 14.0°C | 69 m |
| Jul 18, 2021 | 567 m | 14.1°C | 266 m |
| Jul 23, 2021 | 102 m | 14.4°C | 46 m |
| Jul 23, 2021 | 567 m | 14.7°C | 18 m |
| Jul 24, 2021 | 54 m | 14.6°C | 29 m |
| Jul 25, 2021 | 63 m | 14.6°C | 48 m |
| Jul 25, 2021 | 57 m | 14.6°C | 37 m |
| Jul 26, 2021 | 903 m | 14.8°C | 135 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
266 m
Deepest dive
8:23
Longest dive
125
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
9
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 (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 18, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m – 903 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.