Cachalote – Residency
17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Cachalote @94433
May 15 – Oct 25, 2024 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Oct 2024
140 m
Deepest dive
6:12
Longest dive
135
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 164
- Deepest dive on record
- 140 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2024 | 82 m | — | 70 m |
| May 19, 2024 | 135 m | — | 96 m |
| Aug 10, 2024 | 111 m | — | 19 m |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 223 m | — | 60 m |
| Oct 7, 2024 | 226 m | — | 90 m |
| Oct 13, 2024 | 283 m | — | 140 m |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 54 m | — | 45 m |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 114 m | — | 82 m |
| Oct 25, 2024 | 92 m | — | 48 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
140 m
Deepest dive
6:12
Longest dive
135
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
164
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 (283 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Oct 13, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 283 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m – 283 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.