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Monterey Bay

Inverse – Residency

225th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Inverse
Inverse Confirmed in the catalog @125
Jul 22 – Oct 3, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Bay, Same Rhythm

Stayed put in Monterey, surfaced often, let the boats find me.

140 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
146
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
73

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 2026243 m17.2°C27 m
Jul 30, 2026732 m16.7°C64 m
Aug 17, 202651 m16.8°C45 m
Aug 21, 202689 m16.6°C64 m
Aug 30, 2026120 m15.4°C49 m
Aug 31, 2026150 m15.3°C36 m
Sep 1, 2026142 m15.2°C84 m
Sep 2, 202682 m15.3°C55 m
Sep 3, 2026168 m15.3°C43 m
Sep 5, 2026251 m15.8°C43 m
Sep 9, 202693 m15.8°C85 m
Sep 10, 2026404 m17.7°C140 m
Sep 20, 2026155 m16.5°C86 m
Sep 23, 2026325 m17.0°C49 m
Sep 25, 202656 m16.5°C48 m
Oct 3, 2026155 m18.0°C92 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 22, 2026 — seafloor 243 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 732 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 251 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 404 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2026 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 23, 2026 — seafloor 325 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Oct 3

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

Dives

140 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
146
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
73
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150140 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (404 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 10, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
404 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 732 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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