Motitas – Residency
13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Motitas @959
Jul 28 – 31, 2020 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jul 2020
181 m
Deepest dive
4:34
Longest dive
32
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2020 | 951 m | 16.2°C | 181 m |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 78 m | 15.3°C | 67 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
181 m
Deepest dive
4:34
Longest dive
32
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
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 (951 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 28, 2020
measured- Seafloor depth
- 951 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m – 951 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.