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Monterey Bay

Percent – Residency

152nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Percent
Percent Confirmed in the catalog @1497
Apr 3 – Jul 12, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jul 2025

78 m
Deepest dive
3:35
Longest dive
90
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
100

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 3, 202586 m12.1°C69 m
Jun 1, 202580 m14.2°C46 m
Jun 4, 202586 m14.3°C43 m
Jun 6, 202560 m14.9°C49 m
Jun 13, 202557 m14.5°C48 m
Jul 12, 202585 m12.9°C78 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 3, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Apr 3Jun 1, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 1Jun 4, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 4Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 6Jun 13, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jun 13Jul 12, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 12

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
3:35
Longest dive
90
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
100
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (85 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 · Jul 12, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
85 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 86 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 14.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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