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Monterey Bay

Whale Awareness Ribbon – Residency

33rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Whale Awareness Ribbon
Whale Awareness Ribbon Confirmed in the catalog @15384
Nov 2, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Nov 2025

469 m
Deepest dive
17:57
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
Same day
Deepest dive on record
469 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 2, 20251,014 m14.9°C192 m
Nov 2, 2025689 m15.0°C469 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 2, 2025 — seafloor 1,014 m (measured), deepest dive 192 m (modelled)Nov 2Nov 2, 2025 — seafloor 689 m (measured), deepest dive 469 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

469 m
Deepest dive
17:57
Longest dive
50
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0250500469 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (689 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 · Nov 2, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
689 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.0°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
689 m – 1,014 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.9°C – 15.0°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 13.0 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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