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Monterey Bay

Danger Zone – Residency

65th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Danger Zone
Danger Zone Confirmed in the catalog @123182
Jul 8 – Oct 11, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Shelf, Same Krill

Told you I'd keep turning up here.

205 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
418
Dives
Sightings
29
Days between first and last sighting
95
Deepest dive on record
205 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 8, 202671 m16.3°C28 m
Jul 9, 202646 m16.1°C39 m
Jul 11, 202699 m16.3°C61 m
Jul 13, 202683 m16.8°C37 m
Jul 14, 202699 m16.7°C58 m
Jul 15, 202672 m16.6°C33 m
Jul 18, 202667 m15.4°C43 m
Jul 19, 2026567 m15.9°C49 m
Jul 20, 202666 m16.1°C57 m
Jul 21, 202665 m17.3°C57 m
Jul 22, 2026129 m17.2°C87 m
Jul 23, 2026136 m17.0°C89 m
Jul 26, 2026133 m16.9°C115 m
Jul 27, 202656 m17.0°C44 m
Jul 28, 202668 m16.9°C24 m
Jul 28, 202673 m16.9°C57 m
Jul 29, 202672 m16.7°C55 m
Jul 30, 202664 m16.6°C59 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 8, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 11, 2026 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 18, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2026 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 223 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 456 m (measured), deepest dive 205 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Oct 11, 2026 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)

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

Dives

205 m
Deepest dive
6:33
Longest dive
418
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
29
Sightings
95
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250205 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (456 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
456 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 29 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
10 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.3°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 29 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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