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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0504096 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0504096
HW-MN0504096 Confirmed in the catalog @157428
Apr 16 – Jun 29, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jun 2026

76 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
73
Deepest dive on record
76 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 16, 2026955 m14.1°C76 m
Jun 25, 202688 m16.3°C53 m
Jun 29, 202664 m16.2°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
Apr 16, 2026 — seafloor 955 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Apr 16Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 29

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

Dives

76 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
35
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
73
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010076 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (955 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 · Apr 16, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
955 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
22.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 955 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 22.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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