Bottlenose – Residency
83rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Bottlenose @488
Mar 14 – Sep 18, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Mar – Sep 2024
118 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 188
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2024 | 499 m | 13.7°C | 60 m |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 107 m | 14.0°C | 92 m |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 59 m | 13.6°C | 49 m |
| Apr 24, 2024 | 622 m | 13.8°C | 92 m |
| May 19, 2024 | 174 m | 12.9°C | 118 m |
| Jul 16, 2024 | 474 m | 15.4°C | 30 m |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 78 m | 15.0°C | 49 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
118 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
56
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
188
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 (174 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 19, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 174 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 59 m – 622 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.9°C – 15.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.