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Monterey Bay

Paradox – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Paradox
Paradox Confirmed in the catalog @141546
Jun 13 – Sep 8, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2025

87 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
113
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
87
Deepest dive on record
87 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 13, 202585 m—35 m
Jul 14, 202561 m—47 m
Jul 15, 2025307 m—33 m
Aug 24, 202569 m—51 m
Aug 30, 202595 m—87 m
Aug 30, 202575 m—68 m
Sep 4, 2025567 m—45 m
Sep 6, 202590 m—77 m
Sep 7, 202562 m—41 m
Sep 8, 2025944 m—63 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, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 13Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2025 — seafloor 307 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 15Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 4, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 7, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2025 — seafloor 944 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 8

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
113
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
87
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 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 30, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 944 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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