Checkmarks – Residency
173rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Checkmarks @700
May 11 – Jun 11, 2023 · Monterey Bay
May Anchoring
Found my rhythm in the familiar waters where the food runs thick.
251 m
Deepest dive
7:40
Longest dive
89
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 31
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2023 | 88 m | 12.9°C | 52 m |
| May 12, 2023 | 76 m | 12.5°C | 55 m |
| May 15, 2023 | 307 m | 14.1°C | 251 m |
| May 24, 2023 | 77 m | 13.5°C | 65 m |
| May 24, 2023 | 118 m | 13.5°C | 43 m |
| Jun 10, 2023 | 30 m | — | 27 m |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 43 m | 14.2°C | 39 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
251 m
Deepest dive
7:40
Longest dive
89
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
31
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 (307 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · May 15, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 307 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 30 m – 307 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C – 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 12.0 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.