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Monterey Bay

Secret Smiley – Residency

5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Secret Smiley
Secret Smiley Confirmed in the catalog @116566
Mar 24 – Sep 8, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Sep 2025

59 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
233
Dives
Sightings
25
Days between first and last sighting
168
Deepest dive on record
59 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 24, 2025118 m—40 m
Mar 26, 202590 m—54 m
Apr 4, 2025161 m—56 m
Apr 12, 2025258 m—59 m
Apr 13, 2025567 m—43 m
Jun 8, 20254 m—4 m
Jun 13, 20259 m—8 m
Jun 14, 202512 m—9 m
Jul 2, 20255 m—5 m
Jul 5, 20259 m—8 m
Jul 8, 2025-17 m——
Aug 5, 202512 m—10 m
Aug 6, 2025-7 m——
Aug 7, 20253 m—3 m
Aug 10, 2025-5 m——
Aug 14, 20258 m—7 m
Aug 15, 202511 m—10 m
Aug 17, 202514 m—11 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 24, 2025 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Mar 24Mar 26, 2025 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Apr 4, 2025 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Apr 12, 2025 — seafloor 258 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Apr 13, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2025 — seafloor 4 m (measured), deepest dive 4 m (modelled)Jun 8Jun 13, 2025 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2025 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 5 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor -17 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 8Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2025 — seafloor -7 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor -5 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor -7 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 19Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor -17 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor -2 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2025 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)

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

Dives

59 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
233
Dives
10 m
Avg dive depth
25
Sightings
168
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010059 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (258 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Apr 12, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
258 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 25 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-17 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 25 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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