Willy II – Residency
27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Willy II @4627
May 29 – Aug 20, 2018 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Aug 2018
217 m
Deepest dive
7:26
Longest dive
13
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 83
- Deepest dive on record
- 217 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2018 | 88 m | 12.7°C | 81 m |
| Aug 20, 2018 | 442 m | 14.4°C | 217 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
217 m
Deepest dive
7:26
Longest dive
13
Dives
47 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
83
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 (442 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 20, 2018
measured- Seafloor depth
- 442 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 88 m – 442 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.7°C – 14.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.