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Monterey Bay

Doc Ted – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Doc Ted
Doc Ted Confirmed in the catalog @118694
Aug 5 – Oct 17, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2025

114 m
Deepest dive
4:31
Longest dive
214
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 5, 2025178 m—37 m
Aug 12, 202559 m—43 m
Aug 14, 2025969 m—114 m
Aug 16, 2025107 m—48 m
Aug 17, 202579 m—53 m
Sep 25, 2025143 m—108 m
Sep 28, 2025254 m—38 m
Sep 30, 2025283 m—78 m
Oct 4, 2025135 m—101 m
Oct 5, 202578 m—30 m
Oct 6, 2025106 m—86 m
Oct 7, 202566 m—9 m
Oct 7, 202581 m—56 m
Oct 9, 202592 m—78 m
Oct 10, 202573 m—52 m
Oct 12, 2025228 m—78 m
Oct 15, 202571 m—37 m
Oct 15, 2025153 m—99 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 969 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 17Sep 25, 2025 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 283 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2025 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2025 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 9, 2025 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2025 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 15, 2025 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)

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

Dives

114 m
Deepest dive
4:31
Longest dive
214
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
73
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150114 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (969 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 14, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
969 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 969 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 20 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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