Checkmarks – Residency
189th sighting in Monterey Bay
Checkmarks @700
Aug 11 – Dec 7, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Summer
The bay's deep canyon pulled me back through autumn's long days, rich with familiar abundance.
71 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
70
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 118
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2024 | 107 m | 14.0°C | 58 m |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 82 m | 14.5°C | 68 m |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 242 m | 13.4°C | 71 m |
| Nov 24, 2024 | 94 m | 12.5°C | 51 m |
| Nov 28, 2024 | 87 m | 12.9°C | 51 m |
| Dec 7, 2024 | 567 m | 12.8°C | 67 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
71 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
70
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
118
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 (242 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 28, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 242 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C – 14.5°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.