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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0503948 – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0503948
HW-MN0503948 Confirmed in the catalog @147555
Jun 18 – Oct 5, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Shelf Edge, Full Bay

Krill's thick, company's loud, and I keep showing up for it.

209 m
Deepest dive
8:24
Longest dive
194
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
109
Deepest dive on record
209 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 202647 m15.3°C37 m
Jul 5, 2026254 m16.4°C125 m
Jul 14, 202662 m17.0°C50 m
Jul 21, 202687 m17.3°C77 m
Jul 22, 2026142 m17.2°C112 m
Aug 5, 202670 m17.1°C62 m
Aug 15, 2026254 m16.7°C96 m
Aug 18, 202689 m17.1°C75 m
Oct 2, 2026567 m—52 m
Oct 3, 2026245 m—159 m
Oct 5, 2026266 m—67 m
Oct 5, 2026567 m—209 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 18Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 15, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 18Oct 2, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 245 m (measured), deepest dive 159 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 5, 2026 — seafloor 266 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 5, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 209 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

209 m
Deepest dive
8:24
Longest dive
194
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
109
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250209 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Oct 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.3°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 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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