Buddy – Residency
25th sighting in Monterey Bay
Buddy @67803
Aug 11 – 15, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Aug 2023
483 m
Deepest dive
17:35
Longest dive
91
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
- Deepest dive on record
- 483 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2023 | 95 m | — | 65 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 567 m | — | 88 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 85 m | — | 73 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 97 m | — | 87 m |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 117 m | — | 26 m |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 567 m | — | 337 m |
| Aug 15, 2023 | 567 m | — | 483 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
483 m
Deepest dive
17:35
Longest dive
91
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
4
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 · Aug 15, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 85 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.