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Monterey Bay

Ocellus – Residency

21st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ocellus
Ocellus Confirmed in the catalog @119156
May 25 – Dec 30, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Dec 2025

150 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
258
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
219

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 25, 202567 m12.8°C54 m
Jul 4, 202578 m13.4°C32 m
Jul 26, 202536 m16.2°C32 m
Jul 27, 202541 m16.0°C32 m
Sep 12, 202583 m16.8°C58 m
Sep 14, 202586 m16.8°C14 m
Sep 27, 202556 m17.7°C50 m
Oct 17, 202581 m15.4°C37 m
Oct 20, 202533 m16.0°C29 m
Oct 21, 202560 m15.9°C46 m
Oct 23, 202573 m15.7°C59 m
Oct 25, 2025164 m15.8°C66 m
Nov 3, 2025164 m15.3°C150 m
Nov 18, 202586 m14.1°C73 m
Dec 6, 202595 m14.4°C70 m
Dec 27, 2025186 m14.1°C87 m
Dec 30, 202585 m14.8°C75 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 25, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)May 25Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2025 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 27Sep 12, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 27Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 21Oct 23, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Nov 3, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 150 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 18, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Dec 6, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Dec 27Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)

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

Dives

150 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
258
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
219
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200150 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (164 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 · Nov 3, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
164 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 186 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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