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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0525299 – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0525299
HW-MN0525299 Confirmed in the catalog @156830
Jun 30 – Aug 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay

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83 m
Deepest dive
2:33
Longest dive
67
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
38
Deepest dive on record
83 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 202648 m16.1°C40 m
Jul 3, 202627 m15.4°C15 m
Jul 4, 202626 m15.9°C19 m
Jul 30, 2026102 m16.6°C57 m
Aug 5, 202665 m17.1°C57 m
Aug 6, 2026111 m17.0°C83 m
Aug 7, 202651 m17.6°C44 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 7

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

Dives

83 m
Deepest dive
2:33
Longest dive
67
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
38
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010083 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (111 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 · Aug 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.0°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 111 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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