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Monterey Bay

160835 – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 160835
160835 Confirmed in the catalog @160835
Jun 24 – Sep 28, 2026 · Monterey Bay

The Bay Delivers Again

Found the good water, stayed put, let the shelf feed me all summer.

203 m
Deepest dive
7:37
Longest dive
187
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
96
Deepest dive on record
203 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 202686 m16.5°C55 m
Jul 5, 2026254 m16.4°C203 m
Aug 22, 202667 m16.4°C35 m
Aug 24, 202698 m15.8°C52 m
Aug 27, 202682 m16.8°C47 m
Aug 28, 2026365 m16.6°C90 m
Aug 29, 2026190 m15.6°C106 m
Aug 30, 2026254 m15.4°C58 m
Sep 1, 2026316 m15.2°C117 m
Sep 1, 202696 m15.3°C55 m
Sep 3, 202695 m15.3°C68 m
Sep 14, 2026254 m—42 m
Sep 26, 202680 m—51 m
Sep 27, 2026201 m—23 m
Sep 28, 2026119 m—65 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 24, 2026 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 24Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 203 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 365 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 316 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 201 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)

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

Dives

203 m
Deepest dive
7:37
Longest dive
187
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
96
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250203 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m – 365 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 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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