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Monterey Bay

Little Dimple – Residency

194th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Little Dimple
Little Dimple Confirmed in the catalog @1384
Apr 26 – Nov 9, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Spring to Fall Home

Another season watching my little one grow stronger in these familiar currents.

183 m
Deepest dive
9:51
Longest dive
706
Dives
Sightings
58
Days between first and last sighting
197

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 26, 202568 m12.7°C47 m
Apr 29, 2025567 m12.7°C74 m
May 2, 202573 m13.2°C27 m
May 7, 202598 m12.3°C63 m
May 9, 2025109 m13.8°C75 m
May 11, 2025331 m13.8°C59 m
May 31, 202591 m13.9°C20 m
Jun 1, 202538 m14.3°C31 m
Jun 4, 2025104 m14.2°C54 m
Jun 5, 2025107 m14.4°C70 m
Jun 5, 202554 m14.4°C50 m
Jun 6, 202556 m14.9°C46 m
Jun 7, 202568 m15.2°C47 m
Jun 8, 202539 m15.3°C25 m
Jun 10, 202566 m14.4°C37 m
Jun 11, 202563 m14.4°C55 m
Jun 13, 202560 m14.5°C54 m
Jun 14, 202571 m14.6°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 26, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Apr 26Apr 29, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)May 2, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)May 7, 2025 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)May 9, 2025 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)May 11, 2025 — seafloor 331 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)May 31, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jun 1, 2025 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2025 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 5, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jun 5Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 7, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2025 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 10, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 11, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 13, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 15, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 876 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 537 m (measured), deepest dive 183 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 11, 2025 — seafloor 595 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2025 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Nov 1, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Nov 9, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)

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

Dives

183 m
Deepest dive
9:51
Longest dive
706
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
58
Sightings
197
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200183 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (537 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 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
537 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 58 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
9 m – 876 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 58 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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