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Monterey Bay

Little Dimple – Residency

136th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Little Dimple
Little Dimple Confirmed in the catalog @1384
May 10 – Oct 12, 2024 · Monterey Bay

Same Old Bay

Another season in my waters, watching the krill swirl where they always do.

131 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
153
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
155

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 10, 20241,469 m11.4°C62 m
May 14, 2024108 m12.6°C86 m
May 19, 2024162 m12.9°C88 m
Jun 4, 2024178 m13.7°C68 m
Jun 23, 2024819 m12.9°C131 m
Sep 4, 2024114 m16.2°C102 m
Sep 10, 2024184 m15.6°C17 m
Oct 7, 2024152 m17.0°C124 m
Oct 9, 2024299 m16.5°C32 m
Oct 12, 2024332 m15.3°C95 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 10, 2024 — seafloor 1,469 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)May 10May 14, 2024 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)May 14May 19, 2024 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)May 19Jun 4, 2024 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 4Jun 23, 2024 — seafloor 819 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Jun 23Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 10, 2024 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Sep 10Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 299 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 332 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Oct 12

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
153
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
155
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (819 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 23, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
819 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
108 m – 1,469 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 17.0°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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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