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Monterey Bay

Vishnu – Residency

29th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Vishnu
Vishnu Confirmed in the catalog @1339
Jun 16 – Aug 18, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Aug 2025

50 m
Deepest dive
2:29
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 16, 202575 m13.9°C43 m
Jul 4, 202556 m13.4°C43 m
Jul 5, 202554 m13.6°C48 m
Jul 6, 202555 m13.7°C32 m
Jul 7, 202558 m13.8°C41 m
Jul 27, 202572 m15.7°C46 m
Aug 18, 2025178 m15.5°C50 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 16, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 16Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 6, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 27, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 18

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

Dives

50 m
Deepest dive
2:29
Longest dive
98
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
63
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255050 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (178 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 · Aug 18, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
178 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 178 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 15.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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