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Monterey Bay

Mitten – Residency

63rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Mitten
Mitten Confirmed in the catalog @120105
Aug 19 – Dec 27, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Dec 2025

364 m
Deepest dive
11:23
Longest dive
668
Dives
Sightings
56
Days between first and last sighting
130
Deepest dive on record
364 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 202564 m14.7°C53 m
Aug 28, 202563 m17.1°C50 m
Aug 28, 2025567 m17.0°C35 m
Aug 31, 202574 m16.5°C62 m
Sep 2, 202579 m17.3°C33 m
Sep 3, 202587 m16.9°C41 m
Sep 16, 2025254 m17.1°C50 m
Sep 16, 202563 m17.1°C34 m
Sep 17, 202574 m18.1°C42 m
Sep 18, 202572 m18.0°C56 m
Sep 20, 2025129 m17.6°C73 m
Sep 21, 2025254 m17.5°C50 m
Sep 22, 202557 m17.4°C51 m
Sep 22, 2025124 m17.4°C95 m
Sep 22, 202535 m17.0°C32 m
Sep 25, 2025101 m17.4°C40 m
Sep 29, 2025112 m17.2°C86 m
Sep 30, 202561 m16.9°C51 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 19, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 21, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2025 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 1, 2025 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2025 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2025 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2025 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 16, 2025 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Oct 29, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Oct 29Oct 29, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Nov 15, 2025 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Nov 19, 2025 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Nov 22, 2025 — seafloor 444 m (measured), deepest dive 285 m (modelled)Nov 22, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 24, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 27, 2025 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Dec 6, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Dec 6Dec 7, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Dec 15, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Dec 19, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 446 m (measured), deepest dive 364 m (modelled)Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 501 m (measured), deepest dive 219 m (modelled)

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

Dives

364 m
Deepest dive
11:23
Longest dive
668
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
56
Sightings
130
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0200400364 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (446 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 · Dec 27, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
446 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 56 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C – 18.1°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 56 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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