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Monterey Bay

Randy – Residency

12th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Randy
Randy Confirmed in the catalog @1531
Jun 9 – Jul 19, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Farallones, Right on Time

Krill's thick, fog's perfect, this stretch never gets old on me.

46 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
11
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
40

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 9, 2026567 m11.7°C37 m
Jul 19, 2026230 m14.7°C46 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 9, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 9Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 230 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 19

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

Dives

46 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
11
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
40
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255046 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (230 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 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
230 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
37.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
230 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km – 37.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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