Hopper – Residency
111th sighting in Monterey Bay
Hopper @7100
Aug 8 – Oct 31, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2023
143 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
65
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 84
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2023 | 537 m | 13.6°C | 143 m |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 98 m | 16.4°C | 78 m |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 76 m | 14.3°C | 63 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
143 m
Deepest dive
4:32
Longest dive
65
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
84
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 (537 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 8, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 537 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 76 m – 537 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.6°C – 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.