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Monterey Bay

Ola de Cola – Residency

55th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ola de Cola
Ola de Cola Confirmed in the catalog @125732
Jun 5 – Oct 28, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2025

307 m
Deepest dive
10:06
Longest dive
499
Dives
Sightings
41
Days between first and last sighting
145

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 5, 202593 m14.5°C73 m
Jul 9, 2025567 m13.3°C93 m
Aug 9, 202569 m15.1°C30 m
Sep 3, 202589 m16.9°C19 m
Sep 3, 202580 m16.9°C48 m
Sep 8, 202554 m16.9°C26 m
Sep 9, 2025108 m17.4°C61 m
Sep 9, 202563 m17.2°C29 m
Sep 10, 202570 m17.5°C58 m
Sep 10, 202562 m17.4°C56 m
Sep 11, 202574 m17.1°C64 m
Sep 13, 2025314 m16.8°C187 m
Sep 15, 202591 m16.9°C81 m
Sep 16, 2025113 m17.1°C37 m
Sep 17, 202566 m18.1°C44 m
Sep 18, 202570 m18.0°C37 m
Sep 20, 2025129 m17.6°C93 m
Sep 22, 202566 m17.4°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 5, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jun 5Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2025 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 10, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 314 m (measured), deepest dive 187 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 18, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2025 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2025 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 12, 2025 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2025 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 307 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2025 — seafloor 340 m (measured), deepest dive 162 m (modelled)

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

Dives

307 m
Deepest dive
10:06
Longest dive
499
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
41
Sightings
145
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0175350307 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Oct 16, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 41 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°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 41 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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