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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0503896 – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0503896
HW-MN0503896 Confirmed in the catalog @144225
Aug 18 – Sep 1, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2025

56 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
14
Deepest dive on record
56 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 18, 202556 m—26 m
Aug 19, 202567 m—29 m
Aug 21, 202580 m—34 m
Aug 25, 202581 m—23 m
Aug 27, 2025164 m—46 m
Aug 28, 202587 m—56 m
Sep 1, 202587 m—29 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 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 28Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
45
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
14
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (87 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 28, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
87 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 164 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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