Nacho – Residency
46th sighting in Monterey Bay
Nacho @421
Jul 30 – Oct 13, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Summer's Long Stay
Found myself lingering in familiar waters, the bay holding me close through autumn's first breath.
90 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
102
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 75
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2023 | 92 m | 13.7°C | 57 m |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 107 m | 14.0°C | 90 m |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 96 m | 13.5°C | 61 m |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 96 m | 14.0°C | 54 m |
| Aug 1, 2023 | 567 m | 14.1°C | 89 m |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 97 m | 14.2°C | 67 m |
| Sep 20, 2023 | 80 m | 16.7°C | 40 m |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 67 m | 15.8°C | 55 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
90 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
102
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
75
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 · Jul 30, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 107 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 67 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.5°C – 16.7°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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.