Galaxy – Residency
85th sighting in Monterey Bay
Galaxy @686
May 6 – Oct 2, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Summer in the Bay
Five months dancing in these familiar waters, my starred tail a regular sight.
102 m
Deepest dive
4:34
Longest dive
62
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 149
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2024 | 137 m | 12.1°C | 102 m |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 84 m | 12.4°C | 39 m |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 567 m | 15.8°C | 16 m |
| Aug 4, 2024 | 254 m | 15.5°C | 41 m |
| Aug 11, 2024 | 100 m | 13.9°C | 54 m |
| Oct 2, 2024 | 34 m | 16.6°C | 26 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
102 m
Deepest dive
4:34
Longest dive
62
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
149
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 · May 6, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 137 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 34 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.1°C – 16.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.