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Monterey Bay

Swoosh – Residency

119th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Swoosh
Swoosh Confirmed in the catalog @11
Jul 24 – Sep 8, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay, Again

Same blue backyard, same clicking boats, still here.

96 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
46

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 202652 m17.1°C41 m
Jul 25, 202666 m17.0°C60 m
Aug 4, 2026196 m17.3°C51 m
Aug 5, 202693 m17.1°C48 m
Aug 6, 202658 m17.1°C47 m
Aug 9, 202667 m17.1°C44 m
Sep 8, 2026532 m15.6°C96 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 24, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 25, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 9Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 532 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Sep 8

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
71
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
46
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (532 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 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
532 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 532 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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