Pinwheel – Residency
63rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Pinwheel @82266
Sep 7 – Nov 5, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2024
176 m
Deepest dive
5:30
Longest dive
43
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 59
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2024 | 567 m | 16.6°C | 134 m |
| Oct 9, 2024 | 199 m | 16.5°C | 176 m |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 72 m | 14.5°C | 60 m |
| Nov 5, 2024 | 567 m | 13.1°C | 112 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
176 m
Deepest dive
5:30
Longest dive
43
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
59
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 (199 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 9, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 199 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 72 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C – 16.6°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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.