River – Residency
12th sighting in Monterey Bay
River @553
May 4 – Jul 18, 2009 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Jul 2009
170 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
80
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 75
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2009 | 113 m | 12.1°C | 91 m |
| Jun 15, 2009 | 113 m | 15.0°C | 85 m |
| Jun 26, 2009 | 113 m | 13.8°C | 58 m |
| Jul 18, 2009 | 567 m | 14.6°C | 170 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
170 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
80
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
75
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 (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 18, 2009
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 113 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.1°C – 15.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 16.0 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.