Galaxy – Residency
58th sighting in Monterey Bay
Galaxy @686
Sep 21 – 28, 2020 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep 2020
120 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
47
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 7
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2020 | 162 m | 15.4°C | 28 m |
| Sep 24, 2020 | 266 m | 15.7°C | 77 m |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 78 m | 15.9°C | 69 m |
| Sep 27, 2020 | 208 m | 16.0°C | 76 m |
| Sep 28, 2020 | 157 m | 16.1°C | 120 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
120 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
47
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
7
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 (157 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 28, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 157 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m – 266 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C – 16.1°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.