Big Dipper – Residency
5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Big Dipper @375
Jul 5 – Aug 24, 2019 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2019
281 m
Deepest dive
11:28
Longest dive
13
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 50
- Deepest dive on record
- 281 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 5, 2019 | 567 m | — | — |
| Aug 24, 2019 | 469 m | — | 281 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
281 m
Deepest dive
11:28
Longest dive
13
Dives
50 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
50
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 (469 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Aug 24, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 469 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 469 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.