2022-2023 calf of Little Dimple – Residency
30th sighting in Monterey BayJun 16 – Oct 31, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2023
216 m
Deepest dive
7:21
Longest dive
409
Dives
- Sightings
- 30
- Days between first and last sighting
- 137
- Deepest dive on record
- 216 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2023 | 83 m | 15.2°C | 72 m |
| Jun 16, 2023 | 85 m | 15.2°C | 51 m |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 103 m | 15.4°C | 33 m |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 65 m | 15.5°C | 56 m |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 567 m | 15.1°C | 168 m |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 72 m | 13.8°C | 44 m |
| Jul 16, 2023 | 108 m | 15.2°C | 84 m |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 99 m | 15.2°C | 76 m |
| Jul 21, 2023 | 90 m | 14.8°C | 69 m |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 97 m | 14.6°C | 77 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 555 m | 14.9°C | 125 m |
| Aug 14, 2023 | 556 m | 15.7°C | 82 m |
| Aug 18, 2023 | 82 m | 17.2°C | 23 m |
| Aug 21, 2023 | 77 m | 17.6°C | 37 m |
| Aug 25, 2023 | 151 m | 18.1°C | 127 m |
| Sep 1, 2023 | 50 m | 17.4°C | 44 m |
| Sep 4, 2023 | 165 m | 17.0°C | 83 m |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 92 m | 16.3°C | 58 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
216 m
Deepest dive
7:21
Longest dive
409
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
30
Sightings
137
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 (309 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 25, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 309 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 30 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 50 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.8°C – 18.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 30 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.
- Jun 16, 2023
- Jun 16, 2023
- Jun 17, 2023
- Jun 17, 2023
- Jun 17, 2023
- Jun 30, 2023
- Jul 16, 2023
- Jul 20, 2023
- Jul 21, 2023
- Jul 25, 2023
- Aug 12, 2023
- Aug 14, 2023
- Aug 18, 2023
- Aug 21, 2023
- Aug 25, 2023
- Sep 1, 2023
- Sep 4, 2023
- Sep 6, 2023
- Sep 16, 2023
- Sep 16, 2023
- Sep 18, 2023
- Sep 25, 2023
- Sep 26, 2023
- Oct 6, 2023
- Oct 7, 2023
- Oct 13, 2023
- Oct 14, 2023
- Oct 20, 2023
- Oct 26, 2023
- Oct 31, 2023