Stitches – Residency
80th sighting in Monterey Bay
Stitches @5
Aug 21 – 31, 2021 · Monterey Bay
August Familiar Waters
The bay calls me back again, its depths holding memories in every dive.
131 m
Deepest dive
5:49
Longest dive
57
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 10
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2021 | 120 m | 15.7°C | 49 m |
| Aug 22, 2021 | 173 m | 15.8°C | 131 m |
| Aug 24, 2021 | 84 m | 15.9°C | 45 m |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 290 m | 17.4°C | 62 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
131 m
Deepest dive
5:49
Longest dive
57
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
10
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 (173 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 22, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 173 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 84 m – 290 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C – 17.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.