Fade – Residency
40th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fade @586
Sep 13 – Oct 21, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Oct 2023
227 m
Deepest dive
6:53
Longest dive
90
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 38
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2023 | 268 m | 15.7°C | 81 m |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 252 m | 16.7°C | 227 m |
| Oct 9, 2023 | 80 m | 16.7°C | 72 m |
| Oct 14, 2023 | 82 m | 15.5°C | 57 m |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 84 m | 16.4°C | 70 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
227 m
Deepest dive
6:53
Longest dive
90
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
38
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 (252 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 24, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 252 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 268 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.5°C – 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 10.0 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.