Ziggurat – Residency
15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Ziggurat @63
Jul 31 – Oct 3, 2017 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2017
273 m
Deepest dive
11:11
Longest dive
148
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 64
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2017 | 263 m | 14.3°C | 125 m |
| Aug 11, 2017 | 82 m | 14.8°C | 60 m |
| Aug 12, 2017 | 182 m | 14.6°C | 133 m |
| Aug 16, 2017 | 138 m | 15.3°C | 62 m |
| Aug 18, 2017 | 226 m | 15.4°C | 60 m |
| Sep 4, 2017 | 16 m | 16.7°C | 14 m |
| Sep 17, 2017 | 567 m | 16.7°C | 273 m |
| Sep 25, 2017 | 161 m | 15.9°C | 132 m |
| Oct 3, 2017 | 434 m | 13.8°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
273 m
Deepest dive
11:11
Longest dive
148
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
64
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 · Sep 17, 2017
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.8°C – 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.