Checkmarks – Residency
8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Checkmarks @700
Mar 30 – Sep 21, 2009 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Mar – Sep 2009
259 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
75
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 175
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2009 | 113 m | 11.3°C | 63 m |
| Apr 5, 2009 | 567 m | 10.1°C | 190 m |
| May 24, 2009 | 113 m | 12.1°C | 67 m |
| Aug 14, 2009 | 113 m | 15.0°C | 29 m |
| Aug 17, 2009 | 567 m | 14.4°C | 259 m |
| Aug 28, 2009 | 113 m | 14.9°C | 73 m |
| Sep 21, 2009 | 113 m | 15.1°C | 101 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
259 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
75
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
175
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 (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 17, 2009
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 113 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.1°C – 15.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 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.