Hopper – Residency
118th sighting in Monterey Bay
Hopper @7100
Sep 8 – Nov 8, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2024
100 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
90
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 61
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2024 | 108 m | 16.5°C | 70 m |
| Sep 15, 2024 | 72 m | 14.9°C | 61 m |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 73 m | 15.0°C | 32 m |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 51 m | 15.5°C | 44 m |
| Oct 26, 2024 | 90 m | 14.4°C | 72 m |
| Oct 26, 2024 | 76 m | 14.5°C | 41 m |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 116 m | 12.7°C | 100 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
100 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
90
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
61
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 (116 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 8, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 116 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 51 m – 116 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.7°C – 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 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.