Soquel – Residency
14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Soquel @82408
Sep 1 – 14, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep 2023
122 m
Deepest dive
7:13
Longest dive
107
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 13
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2023 | 47 m | — | 40 m |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 63 m | 17.8°C | 43 m |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 42 m | 17.2°C | 38 m |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 181 m | 17.1°C | 122 m |
| Sep 4, 2023 | 129 m | 17.1°C | 62 m |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 168 m | 16.4°C | 45 m |
| Sep 8, 2023 | 72 m | 16.7°C | 61 m |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 69 m | 15.4°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
122 m
Deepest dive
7:13
Longest dive
107
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
13
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 (181 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 3, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 181 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 42 m – 181 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.4°C – 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.