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Monterey Bay

Freckles – Residency

16th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Freckles
Freckles Confirmed in the catalog @144202
Aug 24 – Sep 26, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey, Thick With Feed

Shelf drops, water goes green, and the bay just delivers.

147 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
169
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
33
Deepest dive on record
147 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 24, 202698 m15.8°C64 m
Aug 27, 202673 m16.9°C35 m
Aug 29, 202668 m15.8°C59 m
Aug 31, 2026567 m15.5°C146 m
Sep 1, 2026295 m15.2°C73 m
Sep 2, 2026117 m15.3°C71 m
Sep 2, 2026186 m15.4°C97 m
Sep 3, 2026231 m15.3°C98 m
Sep 5, 2026132 m15.9°C62 m
Sep 7, 2026320 m15.7°C42 m
Sep 9, 2026160 m15.8°C30 m
Sep 10, 2026164 m17.7°C61 m
Sep 11, 2026567 m—119 m
Sep 12, 2026133 m—44 m
Sep 12, 202666 m—47 m
Sep 26, 2026326 m—147 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 24, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 146 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 295 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 231 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 320 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Sep 11Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 326 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Sep 26

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

Dives

147 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
169
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
33
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150147 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (326 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 26, 2026

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

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 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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