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Monterey Bay

Lin Manwhale – Residency

4th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Lin Manwhale
Lin Manwhale Confirmed in the catalog @101393
Sep 28 – 29, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, Again This Fall

Cold water rising, whole crowd feeding, exactly the bay I love.

100 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
13
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 28, 2026142 m—100 m
Sep 29, 2026145 m—48 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 29

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
13
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (142 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
142 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
142 m – 145 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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