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Monterey Bay

Azul – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Azul
Azul Confirmed in the catalog @11214
Apr 4 – 7, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr 2025

178 m
Deepest dive
6:08
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 4, 2025119 m—87 m
Apr 5, 202583 m—33 m
Apr 5, 2025567 m—178 m
Apr 7, 202550 m—25 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 4, 2025 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Apr 4Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 178 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 7, 2025 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Apr 7

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

Dives

178 m
Deepest dive
6:08
Longest dive
50
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
3
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200178 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Apr 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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