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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0504125 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0504125
HW-MN0504125 Confirmed in the catalog @159250
May 20 – 22, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2026

86 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
41
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 20, 2026118 m11.7°C41 m
May 21, 202638 m11.6°C33 m
May 22, 2026254 m12.0°C86 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 20, 2026 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 20May 21, 2026 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)May 21May 22, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)May 22

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
41
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 · May 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
38 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C – 12.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 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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