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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0523839 – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0523839
HW-MN0523839 Confirmed in the catalog @114241
Jul 17 – Oct 6, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2025

108 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
159
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
81
Deepest dive on record
108 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 202554 m—34 m
Jul 24, 2025143 m—93 m
Jul 24, 202582 m—57 m
Aug 18, 202556 m—40 m
Aug 19, 202578 m—65 m
Aug 22, 202553 m—30 m
Aug 24, 202569 m—60 m
Aug 25, 202580 m—63 m
Aug 28, 2025567 m—108 m
Oct 6, 202591 m—67 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 17, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 22, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 28Oct 6, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 6

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
5:11
Longest dive
159
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
81
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 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 · Aug 28, 2025

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

Across the residency · 10 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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