Galaxy – Residency
53rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Galaxy @686
Aug 19 – Nov 8, 2019 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2019
254 m
Deepest dive
8:05
Longest dive
77
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 81
- Deepest dive on record
- 254 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 19, 2019 | 128 m | 16.1°C | 47 m |
| Aug 20, 2019 | 102 m | 16.1°C | 44 m |
| Aug 24, 2019 | 469 m | 15.5°C | 254 m |
| Aug 25, 2019 | 323 m | 15.7°C | 183 m |
| Aug 29, 2019 | 75 m | 16.0°C | 58 m |
| Sep 7, 2019 | 567 m | 14.9°C | 140 m |
| Oct 13, 2019 | 81 m | 14.4°C | 74 m |
| Nov 8, 2019 | 282 m | 14.9°C | 61 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
254 m
Deepest dive
8:05
Longest dive
77
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
81
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 (469 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 24, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 469 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 75 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.4°C – 16.1°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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.