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Monterey Bay

Whale Awareness Ribbon – Residency

34th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Whale Awareness Ribbon
Whale Awareness Ribbon Confirmed in the catalog @15384
Jul 13, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul 2026

72 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 13, 202681 m16.8°C72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 13, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 13

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
14
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (81 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 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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