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Monterey Bay

Borealis – Residency

27th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Borealis
Borealis Confirmed in the catalog @141545
Jun 13 – Sep 2, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Krill Lines and Home Water

Whole summer logged in the one green bay I trust.

105 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
81

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 13, 202677 m15.0°C54 m
Jun 21, 2026167 m16.7°C105 m
Sep 2, 2026254 m15.3°C70 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 13, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 13Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Jun 21Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 2

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

Dives

105 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
47
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
81
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150105 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (167 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 · Jun 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
167 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 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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