Queso – Residency
19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Queso @816
Apr 9 – May 1, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2025
394 m
Deepest dive
12:53
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 22
- Deepest dive on record
- 394 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2025 | 751 m | — | 58 m |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 567 m | — | 394 m |
| May 1, 2025 | 74 m | — | 50 m |
| May 1, 2025 | 78 m | — | 59 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
394 m
Deepest dive
12:53
Longest dive
49
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
22
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.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Apr 29, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m – 751 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.