Galaxy – Residency
79th sighting in Monterey Bay
Galaxy @686
Jul 17 – Nov 5, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Summer's Long Embrace
Four months in these rich waters, returning like the tide itself.
113 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
81
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 111
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, 2023 | 137 m | 15.7°C | 113 m |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 97 m | 14.2°C | 48 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 78 m | 15.0°C | 64 m |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 117 m | 15.1°C | 93 m |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 567 m | 15.1°C | 79 m |
| Sep 17, 2023 | 90 m | 16.2°C | 76 m |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 62 m | 14.3°C | 31 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
113 m
Deepest dive
4:09
Longest dive
81
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
111
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 (137 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 17, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 137 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.