Bottlenose – Residency
76th sighting in Monterey Bay
Bottlenose @488
Jul 21 – Sep 25, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2023
81 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
157
Dives
- Sightings
- 13
- Days between first and last sighting
- 66
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2023 | 68 m | 15.3°C | 10 m |
| Jul 23, 2023 | 567 m | 14.8°C | 29 m |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 95 m | 14.6°C | 52 m |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 95 m | 14.5°C | 65 m |
| Aug 6, 2023 | 98 m | 13.1°C | 81 m |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 78 m | 17.3°C | 33 m |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 256 m | 17.8°C | 73 m |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 104 m | 16.4°C | 57 m |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 180 m | 16.2°C | 19 m |
| Sep 17, 2023 | 76 m | 16.2°C | 48 m |
| Sep 18, 2023 | 67 m | 16.5°C | 57 m |
| Sep 22, 2023 | 22 m | 16.6°C | 20 m |
| Sep 25, 2023 | 60 m | 16.8°C | 48 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
81 m
Deepest dive
3:07
Longest dive
157
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
66
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 (98 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 6, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 98 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 13 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 22 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C – 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.