Motitas – Residency
9th sighting in Monterey Bay
Motitas @959
Jul 12 – Aug 27, 2018 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul – Aug 2018
97 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
108
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 46
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2018 | 230 m | 13.7°C | 42 m |
| Jul 23, 2018 | 533 m | 17.0°C | 97 m |
| Aug 5, 2018 | 245 m | 11.7°C | 75 m |
| Aug 10, 2018 | 16 m | 13.6°C | 14 m |
| Aug 25, 2018 | 124 m | 16.0°C | 82 m |
| Aug 27, 2018 | 112 m | 16.4°C | 86 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
97 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
108
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
46
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 (533 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 23, 2018
measured- Seafloor depth
- 533 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 533 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.7°C – 17.0°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 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.