Bottlenose – Residency
27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Bottlenose @488
Jul 18 – Sep 20, 2020 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Sep 2020
123 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
104
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 64
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2020 | 679 m | 14.5°C | 72 m |
| Aug 2, 2020 | 68 m | 15.0°C | 36 m |
| Sep 9, 2020 | 263 m | 17.8°C | 123 m |
| Sep 12, 2020 | 567 m | 15.4°C | 35 m |
| Sep 15, 2020 | 107 m | 15.0°C | 76 m |
| Sep 17, 2020 | 318 m | 15.2°C | 102 m |
| Sep 18, 2020 | 78 m | 15.4°C | 66 m |
| Sep 19, 2020 | 92 m | 14.9°C | 52 m |
| Sep 20, 2020 | 54 m | 15.2°C | 39 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
123 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
104
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
64
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 (263 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 9, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 263 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m – 679 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C – 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.