Stitches – Residency
87th sighting in Monterey Bay
Stitches @5
Jul 3 – Oct 4, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Summer Residence
Three months in my favorite bay, where the krill runs thick and memories run deeper.
195 m
Deepest dive
6:34
Longest dive
83
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 93
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2023 | 39 m | 15.6°C | 33 m |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 76 m | 15.4°C | 69 m |
| Sep 11, 2023 | 184 m | 16.0°C | 57 m |
| Sep 18, 2023 | 282 m | 16.7°C | 195 m |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 202 m | 17.2°C | 56 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
195 m
Deepest dive
6:34
Longest dive
83
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
93
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 (282 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 18, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 282 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m – 282 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 12.0 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.