Tornado – Residency
16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Tornado @41687
Sep 10 – Nov 6, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2021
147 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
53
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 57
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2021 | 226 m | 17.9°C | 147 m |
| Sep 10, 2021 | 181 m | 17.7°C | 31 m |
| Sep 10, 2021 | 287 m | 17.8°C | 75 m |
| Sep 11, 2021 | 32 m | 17.9°C | 29 m |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 63 m | 14.5°C | 53 m |
| Nov 6, 2021 | 45 m | 15.0°C | 27 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
147 m
Deepest dive
5:20
Longest dive
53
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
57
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 (226 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 10, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 226 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 32 m – 287 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C – 17.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 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.