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Monterey Bay

Llave – Residency

32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Llave
Llave Confirmed in the catalog @1340
Aug 4 – 18, 2026 · Monterey Bay

The Green Bay Still Delivers

August feed thick again — this shelf keeps every promise it makes me.

72 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 4, 2026434 m17.3°C37 m
Aug 18, 2026193 m17.1°C72 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 4, 2026 — seafloor 434 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 18

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
17
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
14
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (193 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, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
193 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
193 m – 434 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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