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Monterey Bay

Kelper's mom – Residency

107th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Kelper's mom
Kelper's mom Confirmed in the catalog @1407
Jun 28 – Sep 5, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2025

182 m
Deepest dive
6:58
Longest dive
75
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
69

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 202547 m14.1°C42 m
Jul 19, 20251,671 m15.4°C57 m
Jul 25, 2025317 m16.2°C91 m
Jul 26, 2025183 m16.2°C108 m
Jul 26, 2025442 m16.2°C182 m
Jul 26, 2025169 m16.2°C71 m
Sep 5, 202594 m17.0°C52 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 28, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 1,671 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 317 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 442 m (measured), deepest dive 182 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 26Sep 5, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 5

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

Dives

182 m
Deepest dive
6:58
Longest dive
75
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
69
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200182 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (442 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 · Jul 26, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
442 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 1,671 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 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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