Galaxy – Residency
61st sighting in Monterey Bay
Galaxy @686
Jul 17 – Oct 19, 2021 · Monterey Bay
Summer in the Bay
Three months drifting these familiar currents, always drawn back to where the canyon meets the sea.
118 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
23
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 94
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2021 | 412 m | 14.1°C | 61 m |
| Oct 7, 2021 | 184 m | 14.7°C | 74 m |
| Oct 19, 2021 | 140 m | 13.0°C | 118 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
118 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
23
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
94
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 (140 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 19, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 140 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 140 m – 412 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.0°C – 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.