Gigantor – Residency
14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Gigantor @863
Sep 20 – 23, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Sep 2024
65 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
39
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2024 | 252 m | — | 51 m |
| Sep 21, 2024 | 93 m | — | 65 m |
| Sep 22, 2024 | 80 m | — | 56 m |
| Sep 23, 2024 | 85 m | — | 30 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
65 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
39
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
3
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 (93 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Sep 21, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 252 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.