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Monterey Bay

Ocellus – Residency

62nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ocellus
Ocellus Confirmed in the catalog @119156
Jul 6 – Oct 16, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Green Water, Again

Whole summer here, still finding the good feed.

191 m
Deepest dive
7:35
Longest dive
503
Dives
Sightings
41
Days between first and last sighting
102

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 6, 2026121 m16.4°C35 m
Jul 8, 202663 m16.3°C53 m
Jul 9, 202655 m16.1°C47 m
Jul 10, 2026254 m15.8°C189 m
Jul 13, 202683 m16.8°C59 m
Jul 14, 202680 m16.9°C35 m
Jul 16, 202673 m16.3°C33 m
Jul 20, 202659 m16.1°C42 m
Jul 21, 202668 m17.3°C60 m
Jul 22, 2026131 m17.2°C105 m
Jul 24, 2026177 m17.1°C48 m
Jul 26, 202666 m16.9°C30 m
Jul 28, 2026108 m16.9°C65 m
Jul 29, 202670 m16.7°C56 m
Jul 30, 202658 m16.6°C53 m
Jul 31, 2026254 m16.8°C191 m
Aug 1, 2026202 m16.7°C130 m
Aug 2, 2026138 m16.8°C105 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 6, 2026 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 8, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 9, 2026 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 10, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 189 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2026 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 191 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2026 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2026 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 270 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 292 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2026 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2026 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)

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

Dives

191 m
Deepest dive
7:35
Longest dive
503
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
41
Sightings
102
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200191 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 31, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 41 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 18.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 41 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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