Stitches – Residency
92nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Stitches @5
May 25 – Oct 21, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Summer
The bay welcomed me back like an old friend this season.
221 m
Deepest dive
7:27
Longest dive
75
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 149
- Deepest dive on record
- 221 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 25, 2024 | 47 m | 12.2°C | 24 m |
| Aug 18, 2024 | 117 m | 13.7°C | 103 m |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 264 m | 14.5°C | 34 m |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 378 m | 14.8°C | 221 m |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 66 m | 15.5°C | 45 m |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 72 m | 14.5°C | 34 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
221 m
Deepest dive
7:27
Longest dive
75
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
149
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 (378 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 20, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 378 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 378 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.2°C – 15.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.