Willy II – Residency
46th sighting in Monterey Bay
Willy II @4627
Aug 4 – Sep 16, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Back to the Bay
Another summer in my favorite dining room, where the krill never disappoints.
77 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
54
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 43
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2023 | 106 m | 13.9°C | 53 m |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 97 m | 14.2°C | 77 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 78 m | 15.0°C | 62 m |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 117 m | 15.1°C | 28 m |
| Sep 16, 2023 | 98 m | 15.8°C | 54 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
77 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
54
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
43
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 (97 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 5, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 97 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m – 117 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.9°C – 15.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 37.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.